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peppery
pep·per·y P0179200 (pĕp′ə-rē)adj.1. Of, containing, or resembling pepper; sharp or pungent in flavor.2. Vigorously sharp-tempered: a peppery sales clerk.3. Sharp and stinging in style or content; vivid or fiery: peppery criticism. pep′per·i·ness n.peppery (ˈpɛpərɪ) adj1. (Cookery) flavoured with or tasting of pepper2. quick-tempered; irritable3. full of bite and sharpness: a peppery speech. ˈpepperiness npep•per•y (ˈpɛp ə ri) adj. 1. full of or tasting like pepper; hot. 2. of, pertaining to, or resembling pepper. 3. sharp or stinging: a peppery speech. 4. easily angered. [1690–1700] pep′per•i•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | peppery - having the piquant burning taste of peppers; "corn chips with peppery salsa"tasty - pleasing to the sense of taste; "a tasty morsel" |
pepperyadjective hot, fiery, spicy, pungent, highly seasoned, piquant A crisp green salad with a few peppery radishes. hot mild, bland, tasteless, insipid, vapidpepperyadjective1. Easily annoyed:choleric, irascible, quick-tempered, testy, tetchy, touchy.2. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality:fiery, high-spirited, mettlesome, spirited, vibrant.Informal: snappy.Translationspepper (ˈpepə) noun1. the dried, powdered berries of a certain plant, used for seasoning food. white/black pepper; This soup has too much pepper in it. 胡椒粉 胡椒粉2. the plant bearing these berries. a pepper plant. 胡椒 胡椒3. any of several red, yellow, or green, hollow seed-containing fruits used as food. red peppers stuffed with rice. 辣椒 辣椒4. any of the plants which bear these. 辣椒植物 辣椒植物 verb1. to put pepper in or on (some food). You don't have to pepper the soup. 加胡椒粉 加胡椒粉2. (with with) to throw, fire etc many, usually small, objects at (someone). He peppered them with bullets. 投擲 投掷ˈpeppery adjective1. (of food) containing a lot of pepper. The soup is too peppery. 辣的 辣的2. easily made angry. a peppery old man. 易怒的 易怒的ˈpeppercorn noun the berry of the pepper plant. 胡椒 胡椒子ˈpepper-mill noun a small container in which peppercorns are ground into a powder. 胡椒碾磨器 磨胡椒子的小罐ˈpeppermint noun1. a flavouring taken from a type of plant and used in sweets etc. 薄荷 薄荷2. (sometimes abbreviated to mint) a sweet flavoured with peppermint. The little boy had a bag of peppermints. 薄荷油 薄荷油 EncyclopediaSeepepperpeppery
Synonyms for pepperyadj hotSynonyms- hot
- fiery
- spicy
- pungent
- highly seasoned
- piquant
Antonyms- mild
- bland
- tasteless
- insipid
- vapid
Synonyms for pepperyadj easily annoyedSynonyms- choleric
- irascible
- quick-tempered
- testy
- tetchy
- touchy
adj full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager qualitySynonyms- fiery
- high-spirited
- mettlesome
- spirited
- vibrant
- snappy
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