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spicy

Definition for spicy

adjective as in pungent, flavorful

adjective as in off-color, vulgar

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Example Sentences

I'm pleased with my decision to avoid the routine script problems in favor of the spicy stuff.

That seemed to imply a spicy sex life, I say to him the next day.

“I love spicy food, and my friends tell me that Sichuan hotpot has become very popular in Addis Abeba,” he said.

Seeing how the sausage is made is always interesting—even if the sausage isn't particularly spicy.

Stewed apples, dusted with cinnamon, are an ideal companion to spicy food.

She saw his eyes light up with eager pleasure as he placed the flowers close to his pillow, and inhaled their spicy fragrance.

Farther along, striped grass, mints, herbs and balsams made the air heavy with spicy odors when the dew was on the grass.

In ten minutes more he was in the spicy glooms of the spruce-woods.

How inferior to these the trees of Lebanon in sacrifice, or all the spicy mountains of Arabia in a blaze!

To the farmer's peremptory call he returned the spicy repartee of a cheerful bark.

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On this page you'll find 99 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spicy, such as: appetizing, aromatic, distinctive, fiery, fragrant, and fresh.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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