peppery
adjective
[ ˈpɛp(ə)ri ]
• strongly flavoured with pepper or other hot spices.
• "a hot, peppery dish"
Similar:
spicy,
spiced,
peppered,
hot,
highly seasoned,
pungent,
fiery,
gingery,
piquant,
sharp,
• (of a person) irritable and sharp-tongued.
• "retired generals are expected to be peppery"
Similar:
irritable,
peevish,
cross,
crabbed,
crabby,
crotchety,
cantankerous,
hot-tempered,
irascible,
fiery,
quick-tempered,
impatient,
complaining,
querulous,
curmudgeonly,
bitter,
acerbic,
sour,
caustic,
moody,
grumpy,
huffy,
brusque,
surly,
curt,
gruff,
scratchy,
ill-tempered,
bad-tempered,
short-tempered,
ill-natured,
ill-humoured,
touchy,
sharp-tongued,
testy,
tetchy,
snappish,
snarling,
waspish,
prickly,
crusty,
bilious,
liverish,
dyspeptic,
splenetic,
choleric,
snappy,
chippy,
grouchy,
cranky,
narky,
ratty,
eggy,
like a bear with a sore head,
peckish,
sorehead,
soreheaded,
snaky,
miffy,