What is another word for spicy?

Pronunciation: [spˈa͡ɪsi] (IPA)

Spicy is a word that brings to mind heat, intensity, and pungency. However, there are several synonyms for this word to describe similar flavors. For example, fiery denotes heat, while zesty suggests invigorating aromas and flavors. Bold, vibrant, and lively also communicate the intensity of flavors associated with spice. Words such as aromatic, savory, and flavorful highlight the sensory aspects of spice, including taste and smell. Tangy and piquant suggest a sharp or acidic flavor that's typical in spicy cuisine. Finally, hot or peppery suggest the presence of capsaicin, the compound that makes spices hot, particularly in chili peppers.

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What are the hypernyms for Spicy?

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What are the opposite words for spicy?

Spicy is a term often used to describe food that has a sharp, pungent or fiery taste. The opposite of spicy is mild, which refers to the absence of intense flavors or heat. Mild food typically has a gentle, pleasing taste that doesn't overpower the palate. Another antonym for spicy is bland, which means lacking in flavor, zest or piquancy. Bland food is often considered unexciting or unappetizing. Sweet can also be considered an antonym for spicy since it is a flavor that is opposite in taste and sensation. The opposite of spicy can also be described as non-pungent, non-spicy or non-peppery.

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Usage examples for Spicy

Idyllic ploughmen are jocund when they drive their team afield; idyllic shepherds make bashful love under hawthorn bushes; idyllic villagers dance in the chequered shade and refresh themselves not immoderately with spicy nut-brown ale.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
He could sit and gaze happily for hours at a Corregio, forgetting the plush benches and the noisy tourists, utterly absorbed; he found a joy that was almost physical in a sudden landscape or the moon which breaks loose from its clouds and gleams on a rough sea; he would watch with a smile of pleasure the way of a woman with her child or a child with its toy; he shrank with loathing from all that was ugly, sordid-the sight of needless misery or the sound of a woman's oath; and yet-and yet he could not rid himself of the idea that there was something palpitating, wicked, spicy, about a shop-girl who held up her skirt to cross a muddy road.
"Helena Brett's Career"
Desmond Coke
Under the hostess's direction they betook themselves via footpath and trail to a stone-walled pasture spicy with sweet fern.
"Entertaining Made Easy"
Emily Rose Burt

Famous quotes with Spicy

  • My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food.
    David Byrne
  • It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it.
    Kenneth Edmonds
  • I think Nina Simone has had an amazing journey. She was spicy and she had attitude and she didn't care, she wanted her money in a paper bag and don't mess with me and I've been doing some research on that so.
    Nia Long
  • I'm trying to lead a good Christian life, so there ain't too much spicy to tell about me.
    Loretta Lynn
  • I started watching reality shows and being horrified at people signing up to be humiliated in front of the entire country. … I saw one show, , in which people were eating spicy soup and vomiting and crying. Why would you do that? Also, I was fascinated by these actors and actresses who would sign up to be followed around by cameras in their life. You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy. I've been careful to keep my life separate because it's important to me to have privacy and for my life not to be a marketing device for a movie or a TV show. It's worth more than that. I'm worth more than that.
    Lisa Kudrow

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