spicy
spicy
adj \ˈspī-sē\spic·i·erspic·i·est
Definition of SPICY
1
: having the quality, flavor, or fragrance of spice
2
: producing or abounding in spices
— spic·i·ly \-sə-lē\ adverb
— spic·i·ness \-sē-nəs\ noun
Examples of SPICY
- <a spicy suggestion that earned him a slap in the face>
First Known Use of SPICY
1562
Related to SPICY
Related Words: leering; barnyard, coarse, coarse-grained, crude, earthy, foul, gross, vulgar; dirty, filthy, gutter, indecent, lascivious, locker-room, nasty, obscene, pornographic, porny, prurient, raunchy, smutty, stag, unprintable, unpublishable, warm, X-rated; immodest, indecorous, indelicate, naughty
Near Antonyms: clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene; innocuous, inoffensive; priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian; correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly
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