Firelike vs. Fiery

Firelikeadjective

Resembling or characteristic of fire; fiery.

Fieryadjective

Of or relating to fire.

Fieryadjective

Burning or glowing.

Fieryadjective

Inflammable or easily ignited.

Fieryadjective

Having the colour of fire.

Fieryadjective

Hot or inflamed.

Fieryadjective

Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.

‘a fiery temper’;

Fieryadjective

Spirited or filled with emotion.

Fieryadjective

Consisting of, containing, or resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance.

‘And fiery billows roll below.’;

Fieryadjective

Vehement; ardent; very active; impetuous.

‘Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails?’; ‘The fiery spirit of his forefathers.’;

Fieryadjective

Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

‘You know the fiery quality of the duke.’;

Fieryadjective

Unrestrained; fierce; mettlesome; spirited.

‘One curbed the fiery steed.’;

Fieryadjective

heated by fire, or as if by fire; burning hot; parched; feverish.

‘The sword which is made fiery.’;

Fieryadjective

characterized by intense emotion;

‘ardent love’; ‘an ardent lover’; ‘a burning enthusiasm’; ‘a fervent desire to change society’; ‘a fervent admirer’; ‘fiery oratory’; ‘an impassioned appeal’; ‘a torrid love affair’;

Fieryadjective

like or suggestive of fire;

‘the burning sand’; ‘a fiery desert wind’; ‘an igneous desert atmosphere’;

Fieryadjective

very intense;

‘a fiery temper’; ‘flaming passions’;

Fieryadjective

consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly

‘a fiery pepper sauce’; ‘the sun was a fiery ball low on the hills’;

Fieryadjective

having the bright colour of fire

‘the car was painted a fiery red’;

Fieryadjective

having a passionate and quick-tempered nature

‘a fiery, imaginative Aries’;

Fieryadjective

showing strong emotion, typically anger

‘a fiery speech’;