a Hot, biting, stinging, pungent--peppers &c.: fierce--fire or heat. 2 Blunt, peremptory, not minced or qualified--speech: energetic, decided, smart--measures or an agent: plainspoken, not mealymouthed--a person.
a Hot, biting, stinging, pungent--peppers &c.: fierce--fire or heat. 2 Blunt, peremptory, not minced or qualified--speech: energetic, decided, smart--measures or an agent: plainspoken, not mealymouthed--a person.