spicy
11spicy — adj. VERBS ▪ be, smell, taste ▪ The soup tasted mildly spicy. ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very …
12spicy — spic|y [ˈspaısi] adj 1.) food that is spicy has a pleasantly strong taste, and gives you a pleasant burning feeling in your mouth = ↑hot →↑spice ▪ a spicy tomato sauce 2.) a story or picture that is spicy is slightly shocking or rude because it… …
13spicy — [[t]spa͟ɪsi[/t]] spicier, spiciest ADJ GRADED Spicy food is strongly flavoured with spices. Thai food is hot and spicy. ...a spicy tomato and coriander sauce …
14spicy — adjective a) Of, pertaining to, or containing spice. He prepared a spicy curry. b) Tangy, zesty, or pungent. Her head jerked back when she smelled the strong, spicy aroma …
15spicy — spic|y [ spaısi ] adjective 1. ) spicy food has a strong hot flavor 2. ) INFORMAL a spicy joke, story, movie, etc. involves sex …
16spicy — adjective 1) a spicy casserole Syn: hot, peppery, piquant, picante; spiced, seasoned; tasty, zesty, strong, pungent Ant: bland 2) spicy stories Syn …
17spicy — spic•y [[t]ˈspaɪ si[/t]] adj. spic•i•er, spic•i•est 1) coo seasoned, esp. strongly seasoned, with spice 2) of the nature of or resembling spice 3) abounding in or yielding spices 4) aromatic or fragrant 5) piquant or pungent: spicy criticism[/ex] …
18spicy — adjective (spicier; est) Date: 1562 1. having the quality, flavor, or fragrance of spice 2. producing or abounding in spices 3. lively, spirited 4. piquant, racy; especially somewhat scandalous or salacious < spicy gossip > • spicily …
19spicy — pornographic Literally, highly flavoured, whence salacious: ... she would be talking about a sexual episode the man in the Norman Mailer story sodomizing his girlfriend, for example and she would call it spicy . (Theroux, 1989) …
20spicy — /ˈspaɪsi/ (say spuysee) adjective (spicier, spiciest) 1. (of food) a. seasoned with or containing spices. b. Chiefly Asian English seasoned with chilli. 2. aromatic or fragrant. 3. piquant or pungent: spicy criticism. 4. of a somewhat improper,… …
