spicyadjective
uk/ˈspaɪ.si/us/ˈspaɪ.si/spicy adjective (FOOD)
B1 containing strong flavours from spices:
Do you like spicy food?
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- I love Creole cooking, so hot and spicy.
- He jazzed up the food with a spicy sauce.
- Ever since she was a child, she has had a predilection for spicy food.
- I have a preference for sweet food over spicy.
- This sort of hot and spicy food is very typical of the food in the south of the country.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Flavours - spicy
- fiery
- ginger
- hot
- mild
- peppery
- piquant
spicy adjective (EXCITING)
exciting and interesting, especially because of being shocking or dealing with sexual matters:
a spicy novel
spicy details
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Exciting and interesting
- absorbing
- action-packed
- alley
- arresting
- barnstorming
- compulsive
- glowing
- gnarly
- gripping
- interesting
- interestingly
- meaty
- rousing
- Roy of the Rovers stuff
- scintillating
- sensational
- sensationally
- sex sth up
- showstopper
- whirlwind
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spiciness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈspaɪ.si.nəs/us/ˈspaɪ.si.nəs/