Peppery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Peppery \Pep"per*y\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to pepper; having the qualities of
        pepper; hot; pungent.
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     2. Fig.: Hot-tempered; passionate; choleric.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  peppery
       adj : having a piquant burning taste of spices or peppers;
             "gingery Chinese food"; "hot peppers"; "hot curry";
             "corn chips with peppery salsa"; "spicy tomato sauce"
             [syn: {gingery}, {hot}, {spicy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "peppery":
     alert, beany, brisk, burning, choleric, combustible, cranky, cross,
     curried, explosive, fiery, hasty, high-seasoned, high-spirited,
     hot, hot as pepper, hot-tempered, hotheaded, keen, lively,
     mettlesome, nippy, passionate, peppy, piquant, poignant, quick,
     quick-tempered, racy, ratty, seasoned, short-tempered, snappy,
     spiced, spicy, spunky, tangy, volcanic, with a kick, zestful,
     zesty, zippy