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Synonyms & Antonyms of spicy
hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent
- a spicy suggestion that earned him a slap in the face
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Words Related to spicy
Near Antonyms for spicy
- priggish,
- prim,
- prudish,
- puritanical,
- staid,
- straitlaced
- (or straightlaced),
- Victorian
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“Spicy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spicy. Accessed 25 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of spicy was in 1562
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