too spicy
Overwhelmingly peppery food
Too spicy describes food with more heat than the eater can handle comfortably: This curry is too spicy for me.
The phrase has expanded into slang for content that's provocative, risqué, or controversial—something that might be difficult to digest socially: That meme is too spicy for the group chat.
Both uses invoke the idea of exceeding someone's tolerance.
- hotHaving much warmth
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- burningCombustion in progress
- pepperyHaving sharp, hot flavor
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
burn your mouth · hot sauce · jalapeño · habanero · ghost pepper · chili · cayenne · mouth · tongue · sweat · tears · water · milk · heat · kick · intense · overwhelming · painful
- cooking mistakesburnt toast, burned food, undercooked, burnt popcorn, overcooked
- seasoning mistakesoversalting, undersalting, bland food
- eating mishapschoking, spilling, dripping, burning mouth, biting tongue
too spicybland
Lacking distinctive qualities
mild · plain · tasteless · flavorless · unseasoned
too spicyunderseasoned
Insufficiently flavored with spices
boring · insipid · dull · flat · wishy-washy
too spicyunderwhelming
Failing to meet expectations
understated · subtle · muted · boring · insipid
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