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Definition of Fiery

Fiery

  1. Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.
  2. Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.
  3. Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.
  4. Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.
  5. heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.

Fiery Quotations

Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers.
Ambrose Bierce

Never let go of that fiery sadness called desire.
Patti Smith

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
Joseph Addison

People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true. But I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength. I'm very proud to have Latin blood.
Zoe Saldana

It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed.
Elie Wiesel
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Fiery Translations

fiery in German is feuriger, feurig
fiery in Latin is igneus, fervens
fiery in Norwegian is heftig, fyrig, flammende
fiery in Swedish is eldig, hetsig

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