Unscramble fired

Definition of fired

adjective:

• having lost your job. Synonyms: discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped.

verb:

• start firing a weapon. Synonyms: fire, open fire.
• cause to go off; "fire a gun", "fire a bullet". Synonyms: discharge, fire.
• bake in a kiln so as to harden; "fire pottery". Synonyms: fire.
• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today", "The company terminated 25% of its workers". Synonyms: can, dismiss, displace, fire, force out, give notice, give the axe, give the sack, sack, send away, terminate. Antonyms: hire.
• go off or discharge; "The gun fired". Synonyms: discharge, fire, go off.
• drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired", "Surrender fires the cold skepticism". Synonyms: fire.
• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity", "raise a smile", "evoke sympathy". Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.
• destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries". Synonyms: burn, burn down, fire.
• provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace". Synonyms: fire, fuel.

Related words

anger, backfire, blast, bruise, cremate, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, dismiss, draw, drop, excite, furlough, fusillade, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, pop, prick, rekindle, retire, scorch, shake, shame, shoot, spite, stimulate, stir, torch, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound.

Words nearby

aired, fire, fixed, hired, mired, tired, wired.

Rhymes with

acquired, admired, desired, hired, inspired, required, retired, tired, unexpired, uninspired, wired.