Adjective

(er)

Very bad or intense.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01

, author=Donald Worster , title=A Drier and Hotter Future , volume=100, issue=1, page=70 , magazine= citation , passage=Phoenix and Lubbock are both caught in severe drought, and it is going to get much worse. We may see many such [dust] storms in the decades ahead, along with species extinctions, radical disturbance of ecosystems, and intensified social conflict over land and water. Welcome to the Anthropocene, the epoch when humans have become a major geological and climatic force.}}

Strict or harsh.

Sober, plain in appearance, austere.

Adjective

(en-adj)

Of or relating to fire.

Burning or glowing.

* {{quote-book, year=2006, author=(Edwin Black)

, chapter=1, title= Internal Combustion , passage=Blast after blast, fiery' outbreak after ' fiery outbreak, like a flaming barrage from within,

Inflammable or easily ignited.

Having the colour of fire.

Hot or inflamed.

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, chapter=5, title= The Lonely Pyramid , passage=The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.

Tempestuous or emotionally volatile.

Spirited or filled with emotion.