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fiery

adjective
  1. On fire: ablaze, afire, aflame, alight 2, burning, conflagrant, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See hot
  2. Marked by much heat: ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See hot
  3. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality: high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, spirited, vibrant. Informal: snappy. See action, feelings
  4. Fired with intense feeling: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See feelings

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