fired
Given the boot
Fired means dismissed from a job, terminated by an employer: She got fired for showing up late too many times.
The word comes from the image of being shot out—expelled forcefully.
Fired also means ignited or heated: a wood-fired oven, fired ceramics.
To be fired up is to be enthusiastic or angry: The team was fired up for the championship.
Dismissed from a job
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- terminatedBrought to an end
- dismissedReleased from duty
- axedAbruptly dismissed
canned · discharged · redundant · downsized · ousted · released · severed · unemployed
Oven for hardening clay
- potteryFired clay objects
- glazedCoated with shiny finish
- bisqueCreamy seafood soup
- earthenwareLow-temperature fired pottery
stoneware · porcelain · ceramist · raku · terracotta · clay · thrown · wheel
Started burning
burning · torched · aflame · combustion · conflagration · embers · inferno · stoked
Quick liquor serving
- dischargedOfficially let go
- bulletFired metal projectile
- triggerWhat initiates action
- ammunitionWeapon projectiles and charges
gunfire · rifle · pistol · round · volley · shell · cartridge · muzzle
Extremely, intensely provoked
- furiousExtremely angry
- lividExtremely angry or discolored
- incensedExtremely angry
- fumingExtremely angry, visibly so
seething · irate · inflamed · riled · worked-up · agitated · heated · passionate
Moved to action
- motivatedSpurred to action
- energizedMade lively and alert
- excitedEagerly anticipating something
- pumpedExcitedly eager, energized
passionate · driven · zealous · eager · animated · galvanized · stimulated · invigorated
sacked
Dismissed from a job
- laid-offTerminated from employment
- terminatedBrought to an end
- dismissedReleased from duty
axed · canned · discharged · redundant · downsized · ousted · released · severed · unemployed · severance
kiln
Oven for hardening clay
earthenware · stoneware · porcelain · ceramist · raku · terracotta · clay · thrown · wheel · glaze
lit
Started burning
blazing · burning · torched · aflame · combustion · conflagration · embers · inferno · stoked · smoldering
shot
Quick liquor serving
- dischargedOfficially let go
- bulletFired metal projectile
- triggerWhat initiates action
ammunition · gunfire · rifle · pistol · round · volley · shell · cartridge · muzzle · recoil
enraged
Extremely, intensely provoked
fuming · seething · irate · inflamed · riled · worked-up · agitated · heated · passionate · fervent
inspired
Moved to action
pumped · passionate · driven · zealous · eager · animated · galvanized · stimulated · invigorated · charged
- workjob, 9 to 5, jobs, labor, employee
- unemploymentunemployment, unemployed, jobless, joblessness, unemployment rate
- employment statushired, employed, unemployed, retired, laid off
- fire idiomsfan the flames, spread like wildfire, go up in flames, go up in smoke, up in smoke
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- oustedaxed, sacked, canned, terminated, dismissed
- on fireActively burning now
- fire truckEmergency vehicle for blazes
- fire alarmEmergency heat warning device
- catch fireBegin combustion
- fire hydrantStreet water outlet
- fired upExtremely enthusiastic and motivated
fire, firing, fires, fireplace, firewood, firearm, fireball, firebrand, firefighter