Word "SPICY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
Synonyms:
hot
Examples:
a spicy sauce
I like my chili extra spicy

Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
suggestive of sexual impropriety
Synonyms:
blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque
Examples:
spicy gossip

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Hot current caught in spot
Pungently flavoured (5)
Pungent The Telegraph Quick 08 Mar 2024
Bringing the heat?
Like hot wings
Tasty enough, I see, to look around for (5)
Savoury
Hot, as peppers Newsday 30 Jan 2024
Piquant Puzzler Backwords 28 Jan 2024
Hot, like habaneros
Seasoned with chilli
Tangy The Guardian Quick 18 Oct 2023
Like jalapenos wrapped in raw ginger Family Time 04 Sep 2023
Piquant, hot-tasting The Times Concise 21 Aug 2023
Highly seasoned Family Time 19 Jun 2023
Limitations on soup — cold or hot? The Guardian Cryptic 16 Feb 2023
Like hot wings LA Times Daily 05 Jul 2022
Like momo sauce, usually
Rated PG-13 or R, say New York Times 19 Mar 2022
Intense, as chili Newsday 11 Jul 2021
Like Buffalo wings Wall Street Journal 22 Feb 2021
Scandalous, hearing about the Third Man?
Scandalous, hearing about the Third Man?
Like kung pao chicken USA Today 23 Sep 2020
Piquant The Telegraph Quick 30 Aug 2020
Hot, food-wise USA Today 21 Aug 2020
Hot, as barbecue sauce Newsday 17 Aug 2020
How some like their sauces Newsday 13 Aug 2020
Like some fast-food chicken sandwiches Jonesin 17 Mar 2020
Menu caution
Menu caution New York Times 28 Dec 2019
Like the Carolina Reaper pepper Universal 02 Nov 2019
Highly seasoned Family Time 26 Aug 2019
High on the Scoville scale New York Times 07 Aug 2019
Like much Cajun cuisine USA Today 27 Feb 2019
Piquant or peppery The Telegraph Quick 24 Feb 2019
Hot LA Times Daily 16 Feb 2019
Hot The Washington Post 16 Feb 2019
High on the Scoville scale
Hot
Like the Carolina Reaper pepper
Like much Cajun cuisine
Piquant Eugene Sheffer 11 Jul 2018
Made with curry, say USA Today 27 Dec 2017
Entertaining type of physicist misses this Irish Times Crosaire 20 Nov 2017
Like a hot curry Universal 07 Jan 2017
Like a hot curry
Made with curry, say
High on the Scoville scale LA Times Daily 25 Aug 2016
Highly seasoned Newsday 09 May 2016
Like vindaloo
High on the Scoville scale
Highly seasoned LA Times Daily 06 Dec 2015
Like chorizos and kimchi Wall Street Journal 12 Jun 2015
Highly seasoned
Risqué
Like chorizos and kimchi
Hot to the tongue
Like much Cajun cuisine
Pungent
Menu warning
Hot
Highly seasoned
Hot, on a Chinese menu
Like some meatballs
Hot, on a Chinese menu
Like Eltana's garlic cream spread
Like much Thai cuisine
Like much Thai cuisine
Pungent
Like much Thai cuisine
Menu warning word
Word on Chinese menus
Like chorizo
Hot
Hot, on a Chinese menu
Piquant
Like Thai food
Like Creole cooking
Peppery
Like Szechuan cuisine
Like Szechuan cuisine
A bit risqué
Like salami
Like Creole cooking
Like Creole cooking
A bit risqué
Hot
Highly seasoned
Word on Chinese menus
Off-color
Like pepper pot
Like some chili
Piquant
Full of tang
Risque
Slightly risqué
Pungent
Highly flavored.
Piquant.
Flavorful.
Aromatic.
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