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Definitions for Peppery

[1] full of or tasting like pepper; hot; pungent.
[2] of, relating to, or resembling pepper.
[3] sharp or stinging: a peppery speech.
[4] easily angered; bad-tempered; irritable; irascible: the peppery leader of a political faction.
[5] flavoured with or tasting of pepper
[6] quick-tempered; irritable
[7] full of bite and sharpness a peppery speech

Words related to Peppery

piquant, spicy, pungent, zesty, fiery, hot, poignant, racy, snappy, zestful, acute, angry, astringent, biting, caustic, choleric, cranky, cross, hot-tempered, incisive

Words nearby Peppery

peppershaker, peppershrike, peppertree, pepperwood, pepperwort, peppery, peppy, pepsin, pepsin a, pepsinate, pepsinogen

Origin of Peppery

First recorded in 1690–1700; pepper + -y1

Other words from Peppery

pep·per·i·ly , adverb
pep·per·i·ness , noun
un·pep·per·y , adjective

Synonyms for Peppery

piquant, pungent, spicy, zesty, fiery, hot, poignant, racy, snappy, zestful