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What is the adjective for spices?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb spice which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

spicy
  1. Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
  2. (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chillies or similar hot spices.
  3. (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.
  4. (of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. hot, piquant, tangy, peppery, pungent, spiced, picante, savoury, seasoned, tasty, zesty, aromatic, flavoursome, sharp, strong, flavorous, flavourful, sapid, zestful, ambrosial, appetising, appetizing, aromal, curried, fiery, flavorful, flavorsome, fragrant, fresh, herbaceous, odoriferous, perfumed, poignant, redolent, savory, scented, snappy, sweet, zippy, highly seasoned, red hot, well seasoned, strongly flavoured, salty, biting, tart, delicious, zingy, rich, succulent … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “The skewers were presented on a plate with potatoes, sour cream, and a spicy tomato sauce.”
      “Grivet hazarded a few spicy jokes that met with middling success.”
      “Delancey was fined $200 by plate umpire Owens after using some spicy language while being called out on strikes.”
spicelike
  1. Like or resembling a spice
  2. (drugs) Like or resembling (in constitution, use, effects, etc.) spice (synthetic marijuana)
spiceful
  1. Full or laden with spice; spicy; aromatic
spiced
  1. Having spice added, spicy.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. flavoured, flavored, heated, hot, mulled, sweetened, warm, warmed
  3. Examples:
      4. “The spiced chili sauce was so fiery that it made my eyes water with each bite.”
spicey
  1. Archaic form of spicy.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Now look at old Tom, cocked jauntily on the spicey bay and see what a different Tom he is to what he was last night.”
      “The one that knocked at the door was spicey, with our invitations.”
      “I think when you change key players in key positions, it's a big decision and Spicey and Nicky did a great job last year but I'm sure the boys coming in will do just as well.”
spiceless
  1. Devoid of spice.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. bland, unspiced, flavorless, flavourless, mild, savourless, tasteless, unflavoured, unseasoned, insipid, watery, weak, unappetizing, savorless, unsavory, thin, unsavoury, flat, wishy-washy, watered-down, dead, waterish, wimpy, watered down, unpalatable, washy, dull, diluted, uninteresting, adulterated, dilute, distasteful, stale, weakened, runny, thinned, thinned down, plain, vapid, wersh, light, wearish, jejune, innocuous, namby-pamby, boring, sloppy, soupy, tame, uninspired … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Life without fantasy is a spiceless dish.”
      “Temperature as a passive isopycnal tracer in salty spiceless oceans.”
spicier
  1. comparative form of spicy: more spicy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hotter, tangier, pepperier, savourier, tastier, zestier, sharper, stronger, fresher, savorier, snappier, sweeter, zippier, more piquant, more pungent, more spiced, more seasoned, more aromatic, more flavoursome, more flavorous, more flavourful, more sapid, more zestful, more ambrosial, more appetising, more appetizing, more curried, more fiery, more flavorful, more flavorsome, more fragrant, more herbaceous, more odoriferous, more perfumed, more poignant, more redolent, more scented, bawdier, racier, vulgarer, raunchier, smuttier, broader, naughtier, lewder, dirtier, saucier, unseemlier, juicier, saltier … more
spiciest
  1. superlative form of spicy: most spicy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. hottest, tangiest, pepperiest, savouriest, tastiest, zestiest, sharpest, strongest, freshest, savoriest, snappiest, sweetest, zippiest, most piquant, most pungent, most spiced, most seasoned, most aromatic, most flavoursome, most flavorous, most flavourful, most sapid, most zestful, most ambrosial, most appetising, most appetizing, most curried, most fiery, most flavorful, most flavorsome, most fragrant, most herbaceous, most odoriferous, most perfumed, most poignant, most redolent, most scented, bawdiest, raciest, vulgarest, raunchiest, smuttiest, broadest, naughtiest, lewdest, dirtiest, sauciest, unseemliest, juiciest, saltiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Gold started to reminisce about the spiciness of the spiciest kua kling that Jazz had ever served him, the first day they met.”
      “The mango-red-chili-pepper pebbles might be the spiciest thing calling itself candy these days.”
      “With a bright red colour, this powerful vinegar will entrance the spiciest mouths.”
spicing
  1. present participle of spice
  2. Synonyms:
      3. seasoning, flavoring, flavouring, savoring, savouring, lacing, enhancing, mulling, salting, spicing up, peppering, spiking, pepping up, adding flavouring to, adding spices to, adding herbs to, enlivening, imbuing, enriching, infusing, livening up, adding salt to, adding zing to, leavening, gingering, imparting, gingering up, adding seasoning to, adding piquancy to, adding flavour to, adding zip, adding zing, hotting it up, adding pepper to, salting and pepper, pepping, mixing, strengthening, blending, fortifying, adding zest, doctoring, giving a bit of zing, sprinkling, boosting, mixing in, adding to, nutrifying, adding vitamins to, beefing up … more
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