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   Fier·y

   /ˈfī(ə)rē/

   

   adjective

   • 1. consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly: "the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills" Similar burningblazingflamingragingon fireablazeafirelightedlitincandescentred-hotscorching
   • ▪ having the bright color of fire: "the car was painted a fiery red" Similar brightbrilliantvividvibrantintensedeeprichstrongbold
   • ▪ (of a person) having a passionate, quick-tempered nature: "a fiery, imaginative Aries" Similar passionateimpassionedardentferventfervidlivelyzealousspiriteduncontrollableungovernablequick-temperedill-temperedbad-temperedvolatileexplosiveangryheatedaggressivedeterminedresoluteliterary:passionalperfervidOpposite blandindifferent
   • ▪ (of behavior or words) passionately angry and deeply felt: "a fiery speech"

   Derivatives

   • 1. fierily adverb
   • 2. fieriness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • F

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   • I

     1

   • E

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   • R

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   • Y

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