fiery
Like molten lava
Fiery describes things that involve fire or resemble it: fiery flames, a fiery sunset, fiery red hair.
Extended meanings emphasize intensity—a fiery temper flares quickly, fiery rhetoric burns with passion, fiery food burns the mouth.
She delivered a fiery speech that electrified the crowd.
Emitting or reflecting light
- blazingBurning very brightly
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- glowingGiving off steady light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
vibrant · luminous · dazzling · bold · striking · incandescent · saturated · electric
Intensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
intense · fervid · spirited · animated · heartfelt · stirring · exuberant · burning
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- burningCombustion in progress
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
combustion · smolder · torch · spark · flicker · glow · pyre · scorch
Intense, violent anger
- angerIntense hostile emotion
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- furyIntense violent anger
- outburstSudden emotional release
volatile · hot-headed · tempestuous · tantrum · explosive · irate · furious · irascible
Devastating, uncontrollable blaze
- brimstoneArchaic word for sulfur
- hellfireEternal punishment by flame
- infernalOf the underworld
- sulfurousContaining yellow element
diabolical · perdition · damnation · Hades · netherworld · Gehenna · satanic · underworld
bright
Emitting or reflecting light
brilliant · vibrant · luminous · dazzling · bold · striking · incandescent · saturated · electric · intense
ardent
Intensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- zealousPassionately eager and active
vehement · intense · fervid · spirited · animated · heartfelt · stirring · exuberant · burning · inflamed
blaze
Intense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- burningCombustion in progress
embers · combustion · smolder · torch · spark · flicker · glow · pyre · scorch · ignition
rage
Intense, violent anger
outburst · volatile · hot-headed · tempestuous · tantrum · explosive · irate · furious · irascible · choleric
inferno
Devastating, uncontrollable blaze
sulfurous · diabolical · perdition · damnation · Hades · netherworld · Gehenna · satanic · underworld · Tartarus
chili
Capsicum pod or stew
pepper · salsa · curry · wasabi · horseradish · sriracha · capsaicin · kimchi · pungent · hot
- dance qualitiesfluidity, graceful, musicality, rhythmic, grace
- dramatic tonesintense, tense, suspenseful, ominous, foreboding
- extreme heatblazing, blistering, boiling, burning, broiling
- hot-temperedhotheaded, quick-tempered, hair-trigger, volatile, explosive
- Spice Flavorsspicy, hot, mild, pungent, aromatic
- spicinessmild, medium, hot, extra hot, spicy
fieryimpassive
Without visible emotion
calm · cool · placid · passionless · phlegmatic
- fiery temperTendency toward sudden rage
- fiery furnaceExtremely hot enclosed fire
- fiery abyssBlazing, bottomless void