Antonyms for fire-eating


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : fahyuh r-ee-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfaɪərˌi tər


Definition of fire-eating

  • As in argumentative : adj wanting to quarrel
  • As in undaunted : adj brave, bold
  • As in valiant : adj brave
  • As in polemic : adj argumentative
  • As in polemical : adj argumentative
  • As in scrappy : adj argumentative
  • As in combative : adj aggressive
  • As in courageous : adj brave, bold
  • As in gallant : adj brave, splendid
  • As in heroic : adj brave, champion
  • As in litigiousness : noun argumentativeness
Example sentences :
  • Shall I ever be a dare-devil, intrepid, fire-eating sort of creature?
  • Extract from : « A Day's Ride » by Charles James Lever
  • A fire-eating Irishman challenged a barrister, who gratified him by an acceptance.
  • Extract from : « The Jest Book » by Mark Lemon
  • One looked in vain for the fire-eating beau sabreur of a Murat.
  • Extract from : « 1914 » by John French, Viscount of Ypres
  • Why, you fire-eating Hotspur, you began it yourself with a fling at the Irish.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of Raasay » by William MacLeod Raine
  • "You don't look like a fire-eating, swashbuckling party to me," he said.
  • Extract from : « West Wind Drift » by George Barr McCutcheon
  • It reminds one of the performance of the fire-eating gentlemen at the Aquarium.
  • Extract from : « Japan » by Dorothy Menpes
  • Folly is her nightcap; fanaticism is her day-dream; fire-eating is her pastime.
  • Extract from : « The Impending Crisis of the South » by Hinton Rowan Helper
  • It was, it could only be, the fire-eating and prison-inspecting colonel himself!
  • Extract from : « A Thief in the Night » by E. W. Hornung
  • Every one's eyes were on Joe Strong doing his fire-eating trick.
  • Extract from : « Joe Strong The Boy Fire-Eater » by Vance Barnum
  • All three were thrilled by the unexpected outcome of the fire-eating act.
  • Extract from : « Joe Strong The Boy Fire-Eater » by Vance Barnum

Synonyms for fire-eating

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