Producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves:
— A spicy sauce.
— I like my chili extra spicy.

synoniem: hot.

Roget 824: excited etc. v.; wrought up, up the qui vive [Fr.], astir, sparkling; in a quiver etc. 821, in a fever, in a ferment, in a blaze, in a state of excitement; in hysterics; black in the face, overwrought, tense, taught, on a razor's edge; hot, red-hot, flushed, feverish; all of a twitter, in a pucker; with quivering lips, with tears in one's eyes.    flaming; boiling over; ebullient, seething; foaming at the mouth; fuming, raging, carried away by passion, wild, raving, frantic, mad, distracted, beside oneself, out of one's wits, ready to burst, bouleverse^†, demoniacal.    lost, eperdu [Fr.], tempest-tossed; haggard; ready to sink.    stung to the quick, up, on one's high ropes.    exciting, absorbing, riveting, distracting etc. v.; impressive, warm, glowing, fervid, swelling, imposing, spirit-stirring, thrilling; high-wrought; soul-stirring, soul-subduing; heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling; agonizing etc. (painful) 830; telling, sensational, hysterical; overpowering, overwhelming; more than flesh and blood can bear; yellow.    piquant etc. (pungent) 392; spicy, appetizing, provocative, provoquant^†, tantalizing.    eager to go, anxious to go, chafing at the bit.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 400: fragrant, aromatic, redolent, spicy, savory, balmy, scented, sweet-smelling, sweet-scented; perfumed, perfumatory^†; thuriferous; fragrant as a rose, muscadine^†, ambrosial.    ... meer laten zien

Suggestive of sexual impropriety:
— Spicy gossip.

synoniemen: blue, gamey, gamy, juicy, naughty, racy, risque.

Roget 392: pungent, strong; high-, full-flavored; high-tasted, high-seasoned; gamy, sharp, stinging, rough, piquant, racy; biting, mordant; spicy; seasoned etc. v.; hot, hot as pepper; peppery, vellicating^†, escharotic^†, meracious^†; acrid, acrimonious, bitter; rough etc. (sour) 397; unsavory etc. 395.    ... meer laten zien