Thesaurus
fiery
Synonyms and Antonyms of fiery
- the fiery interior of the furnace
aglow, flaring, flickering, glowing, live, smoldering (or smouldering)
broiling, hot, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling
burned (or burnt), charred, incinerated, scorched, seared, singed
choked, damped, dead, doused (also dowsed), extinguished, quenched, smothered, snuffed (out), stamped (out), suffocated
- the long, dangerous trek across the fiery desert
- The fiery preacher held the members of the revival meeting spellbound.
on fire
- The controversial editorial sparked a page's worth of fiery letters to the editor.
aggressive, ambitious, assertive, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant, pushy
animate, animated, bouncing, bouncy, brisk, energetic, feisty, frisky, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, peppy, perky, pert, racy, scrappy, snappy, spanking, sparky, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
- With a fiery vapor like that, the lighting of a single match could cause an explosion.
burnable, combustible, combustive, flammable, ignitable (also ignitible), inflammable, touchy
- The man was known for his fiery temper.
bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly
argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent
huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy
out of humor, out of sorts
affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable
agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed
carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed
forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding
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