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Synonyms for spicy
ˈspaɪ sispicy

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. spicyadjective

    Piquant; provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar spices.

    This curry is too spicy for me. I can't eat it.

    Synonyms:
    hot

English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 1 vote

  1. spicy

    Racy applies in the first instance to the pleasing flavor characteristic of certain wines, often attributed to the soil from which they come. Pungent denotes something sharply irritating to the organs of taste or smell, as pepper, vinegar, ammonia; piquant denotes a quality similar in kind to pungent but less in degree, stimulating and agreeable; pungent spices may be deftly compounded into a piquant sauce. As applied to literary products, racy refers to that which has a striking, vigorous, pleasing originality; spicy to that which is stimulating to the mental taste, as spice is to the physical; piquant and pungent in their figurative use keep very close to their literal sense.

    Synonyms:
    flavorous, forcible, lively, piquant, pungent, racy, rich, spirited

    Antonyms:
    cold, dull, flat, flavorless, insipid, prosy, stale, stupid, tasteless, vapid

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. piquant, savory, savoury, spicy, zestyadjective

    having an agreeably pungent taste

    Synonyms:
    hot, naughty, salty, gamy, mouth-watering, juicy, yeasty, blue, racy, risque, engaging, savoury, gamey, piquant, savory, zestful, barmy, zesty

    Antonyms:
    unsexy, tasteless

  2. hot, spicyadjective

    producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

    "hot salsa"; "jalapeno peppers are very hot"

    Synonyms:
    raging, hot, naughty, live, red-hot, gamy, juicy, blue, racy, risque, savoury, gamey, piquant, blistering, savory, zesty

    Antonyms:
    unsexy, tasteless

  3. blue, gamy, gamey, juicy, naughty, racy, risque, spicyadjective

    suggestive of sexual impropriety

    "a blue movie"; "blue jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"

    Synonyms:
    down(p), dispirited, red-hot, spirited, racy, hot, toothsome, mettlesome, gamy, zesty, bluish, fat, dismal, dark, down in the mouth, gentle, savoury, robust, disconsolate, gloomy, drear, puritanical, low, naughty, profane, spunky, blue, blueish, gamey, luscious, downhearted, lively, juicy, downcast, blasphemous, high, drab, gritty, patrician, rich, blue-blooded, game, savory, full-bodied, aristocratic, blue(a), sorry, aristocratical, puritanic, grim, depressed, dingy, dreary, piquant, risque, low-spirited, voluptuous

    Antonyms:
    tasteless, unsexy

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tikhat

    tikhat is a marathi word which is meant spiciness

    Submitted by anonymous on February 23, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. spicyadjective

    Synonyms:
    aromatic, fragrant

  2. spicyadjective

    Synonyms:
    pungent, sharp, piquant, pointed

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 1 vote

  1. spicyadjective

    Synonyms:
    aromatic, fragrant, piquant, pungent, sharp

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "spicy":

    pungent, mala, spice, chilli, hot

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How to use spicy in a sentence?

  1. Gladys Fernandez:

    In Malaysia, the best is nasi lemak, rice cooked with coconut milk accompanied with red hot spicy sauce and fried anchovies with peanuts and cucumber and boiled eggs. It is usually for breakfast. A complete meal.

  2. Leslie Neslage:

    We know guests are looking to add more variety to their meals, especially after a year where new food experiences were limited, the Grilled Spicy Deluxe offers the spicy flavors our guests have come to know and love, now available in a grilled option.

  3. Kristen Burns:

    There are certain foods that are triggers for people with incontinence or overactive bladders, including spicy foods, which doctors have identified as common irritants for women.

  4. Dutch Ruppersberger:

    People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber attacks

  5. Ahn Chan-il:

    You can be a crook or be asked to lie. I have seen so many people lying and making mistakes on camera ... People only care about spicy stories.


Translations for spicy

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  • حريف, حارArabic
  • ostrýCzech
  • gewürzt, scharf, würzig, pikantGerman
  • ζωηρός, καυτός, καρυκευμένος, πικάντικος, αψύς, τολμηρόςGreek
  • aliñado, condimentado, sazonado, aromático, picanteSpanish
  • تندPersian
  • pornahtava, maustettu, mausteinen, pistävä, pisteliäsFinnish
  • piquant, épicéFrench
  • मसालेदार, तीखाHindi
  • zamatos, pikáns, borsos, fűszeresHungarian
  • pedasIndonesian
  • piccanteItalian
  • とげのある, 刺激的, 辛口の, 辛い, スパイシーJapanese
  • រសជាតិហិរ, ហឹរKhmer
  • 짜릿한, 맵다, 매운Korean
  • CONDITUS, acutusLatin
  • ເຜັດLao
  • лут, зачинет, пикантенMacedonian
  • pedasMalay
  • kruidig, pikant, gekruidDutch
  • krydretNorwegian
  • apimentado, condimentado, temperado, picantePortuguese
  • неприличный, пряный, живой, пикантный, острый, энергичныйRussian
  • kryddig, skarp, pikant, kryddstark, starkSwedish
  • காரமானTamil
  • รสเผ็ด, เผ็ดThai
  • çeşniliTurkish
  • ПрянийUkrainian
  • cay, gia vịVietnamese
  • בשׂימעדיקYiddish
  • Chinese

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