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[ pep-uh-ree ] / ˈpɛp ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR peppery ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivefull of or tasting like pepper; hot; pungent. of, relating to, or resembling pepper. sharp or stinging: a peppery speech. easily angered; bad-tempered; irritable; irascible: the peppery leader of a political faction. Origin of pepperyFirst recorded in 1690–1700; pepper + -y1 SYNONYMS FOR peppery1 spicy. 3 biting. 4 hot-tempered, hot-headed, testy, choleric. SEE SYNONYMS FOR peppery ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM pepperypep·per·i·ly, adverbpep·per·i·ness, nounun·pep·per·y, adjectiveWords nearby pepperypepper steak, pepper tree, pepper-upper, pepperwood, pepperwort, peppery, pep pill, peppy, pep rally, pepsin, pepsin A Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pepperyBesides a trove of data showing that the rich really are getting much richer, the book is full of peppery Gallic asides. We Need More Class Traitors: Solving America’s Meritocracy Problem|Jedediah Purdy|April 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST He ignored, too, his chairman of the Federal Reserve, Marriner Eccles, a small, peppery Mormon banker from Utah. Stop Trying to Balance Budgets!|Harold Evans|June 28, 2010|DAILY BEAST Belgian ale like Chimay is rich with fruity and peppery notes and sometimes has a bitter aftertaste. 5 Pioneering Ways to Cook with Beer|Stacey Slate|February 2, 2010|DAILY BEAST My old godfather, who had come to see me off, was the funniest of all—a peppery Indian edition. Fanny Goes to War|Pat Beauchamp
The peppery Secretary of State grew more and more intolerant of Gerry. The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4)|Albert J. Beveridge Dignified silence, however, was the last thing to be expected from the peppery gentleman from Mississippi. Stephen A. Douglas|Allen Johnson Neale jumped and floundered for five minutes, then the peppery scrub quarter consigned him profanely to the side-lines. Rough-Hewn|Dorothy Canfield It was invisible, but Fitz flushed and felt, after his fashion, peppery. Fitz the Filibuster|George Manville Fenn
British Dictionary definitions for peppery
adjectiveflavoured with or tasting of pepper quick-tempered; irritable full of bite and sharpnessa peppery speech Derived forms of pepperypepperiness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to pepperypiquant, spicy, pungent, zesty, fiery, hot, poignant, racy, snappy, zestful, acute, angry, astringent, biting, caustic, choleric, cranky, cross, hot-tempered, incisive |