a peppery old Army major
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Peppery
//ˈpɛpəɹi//
Synonyms for "peppery" (48 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (24)
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5 translations across 5 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- избухлив adj (having a fiery temperament)
German
1 entries- jähzornig adj (having a fiery temperament)
Irish
1 entries- colgach adj (having a fiery temperament)
Russian
1 entries- вспы́льчивый adj (having a fiery temperament)
Spanish
1 entries- irascible adj (having a fiery temperament)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
At the Stag and Antlers old Mrs. Crocket, than whom no old woman in the public line was ever more generous, more peppery, or more kind, kept two clean bedrooms, and could cook a leg of Dartmoor mutton and make an apple pie against any woman in Devonshire.
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For I'm a peppery potentate, / Who's little inclined his claim to bate, / To fit the wit of a bit of a chit, / And that's the long and short of it!
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"If Lord John Roxton would condescend----" "My dear George, don't be so peppery," said his wife, with her hand on the black mane that drooped over the microscope.
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