blazing
adjective
blaz·ing ˈblā-ziŋ 
1
: burning very brightly and intensely
a blazing fire
2
: of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity
blazing eyes
a blazing fastball
blazing gunfire
blazingly adverb
Synonyms
- ablaze
- afire
- aflame
- alight [chiefly British]
- burning
- combusting
- conflagrant
- fiery
- flaming
- ignited
- inflamed
- enflamed
- kindled
- lit
- lighted
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Example Sentences
She runs with blazing speed. the blazing logs in the fireplace cast a warm glow on our holiday party
Recent Examples on the Web In 2021, the band played a blazing show at the Birmingham-area’s Oak Mountain Amphitheater. 
Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 June 2022 With next-level grit and a blazing fast stride, 28-year-old Hassan surged by her competitors one by one. Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 2 Aug. 2021 Freshman Nicole Humphries of Flower Mound emerged as the winner in a blazing race in which the top finishers ran under 2:10. Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021 Witnesses in the area, many of whom were outside on a muggy summer night, reported seeing an explosion and, in some cases, a blazing fireball over the Atlantic as debris showered from the sky. Michael Gold, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021 An account of a blazing fireball that blew up high in the atmosphere from a nearby city suggests to the researchers that the meteorite approached Sulaymaniyah from the southeast. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020
Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 17 June 2022 With next-level grit and a blazing fast stride, 28-year-old Hassan surged by her competitors one by one. Jenny Mccoy, SELF, 2 Aug. 2021 Freshman Nicole Humphries of Flower Mound emerged as the winner in a blazing race in which the top finishers ran under 2:10. Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021 Witnesses in the area, many of whom were outside on a muggy summer night, reported seeing an explosion and, in some cases, a blazing fireball over the Atlantic as debris showered from the sky. Michael Gold, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2021 An account of a blazing fireball that blew up high in the atmosphere from a nearby city suggests to the researchers that the meteorite approached Sulaymaniyah from the southeast. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Apr. 2020 Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing blazing
blazing 1 of 3
adjective
1
as in burning
being on fire the blazing logs in the fireplace cast a warm glow on our holiday party Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- burning
- flaming
- smoldering
- lit
- flickering
- fiery
- ignited
- afire
- glowing
- burned
- aflame
- ablaze
- alight
- kindled
- scorching
- lighted
- charred
- combusting
- burnt
- inflamed
- searing
- aglow
- enflamed
- hot
- conflagrant
- flaring
- scorched
- sizzling
- live
- smouldering
- scalding
- broiling
- roasting
- seared
- singed
- red-hot
- incinerated
- piping hot
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- extinguished
- smothered
- dead
- quenched
- doused
- choked
- damped
- stamped (out)
- suffocated
- dowsed
- snuffed (out)
2
as in warm
having or expressing great depth of feeling a blazing speech affirming the value of every individual in this world Synonyms & Similar Words
- warm
- passionate
- glowing
- burning
- intense
- fervent
- passional
- charged
- fiery
- flaming
- emotional
- ardent
- incandescent
- torrid
- demonstrative
- impassioned
- enthusiastic
- religious
- fervid
- superheated
- feverish
- vehement
- perfervid
- on fire
- red-hot
- hot-blooded
- gushing
- sloppy
- warm-blooded
- sugary
- zealous
- sentimental
- gushy
- histrionic
- maudlin
- mawkish
- saccharine
- schmaltzy
- melodramatic
- mushy
- uninhibited
- obsessed
- enamored
- sappy
- overheated
- infatuated
- gung ho
- keen
- frenzied
- unrestrained
- orgiastic
- unreserved
- overexcited
- overemotional
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- cold
- cool
- dry
- dispassionate
- impassive
- objective
- detached
- impersonal
- unemotional
- emotionless
- reserved
- undemonstrative
blazing
2 of 3verb (1)
as in announcing
to make known openly or publicly the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures Synonyms & Similar Words
- announcing
- publishing
- declaring
- proclaiming
- advertising
- posting
- blaring
- flashing
- heralding
- trumpeting
- broadcasting
- promulgating
- disclosing
- sounding
- promoting
- releasing
- running with
- publicizing
- spreading
- blazoning
- revealing
- placarding
- giving out
- enunciating
- annunciating
- showing
- reporting
- disseminating
- barking
- crying
- beating the drum (for or about)
- puffing
- ringing
- featuring
- imparting
- introducing
- manifesting
- bulletining
- tolling
- billing
- plugging
- knelling
- billboarding
- informing
- intimating
- divulging
- communicating
- notifying
- handing down
- pitching
- kithing
- apprising
- gazetting
- blurbing
- calling (off or out)
- kything
- advising
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- concealing
- suppressing
- silencing
- withholding
- recalling
- retracting
- revoking
- hushing (up)
- recanting
blazing
3 of 3verb (2)
1
as in glowing
to be on fire especially brightly the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire Synonyms & Similar Words
- glowing
- burning
- flaming
- shining
- gleaming
- firing
- flickering
- smoldering
- combusting
- scorching
- igniting
- melting
- kindling
- glinting
- sweltering
- cooking
- glistening
- going up in flames
- broiling
- glittering
- sparkling
- charring
- roasting
- flashing
- enkindling
- baking
- shimmering
- wavering
- glimmering
- sparking
- beaming
- sputtering
- radiating
- catching
- glaring
- smouldering
- deflagrating
- brightening
- guttering
- scintillating
- twinkling
- lighting (up)
- flaring (up)
- beating (down)
2
as in gleaming
to shine with a bright harsh light the spotlight blazed through my window Synonyms & Similar Words
- burning
- glowing
- gleaming
- flaming
- glaring
- flashing
- flaring
- sparkling
- glinting
- glistening
- beating
- glittering
- glancing
- radiating
- shimmering
- dazzling
- beaming
- glimmering
- blinding
- twinkling
- scintillating
- glistering
- bedazzling
- dazing
3
as in racing
to proceed or move quickly an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace Synonyms & Similar Words
- racing
- speeding
- rushing
- flying
- trotting
- hurrying
- scurrying
- driving
- chasing
- zipping
- traveling
- running
- jumping
- buzzing
- blowing
- blasting
- darting
- dashing
- tearing
- whirling
- ripping
- stepping
- travelling
- scooting
- hurtling
- shooting
- barreling
- scuttling
- rocketing
- ramming
- zooming
- jogging
- hurling
- careering
- breezing
- bolting
- careening
- galloping
- hustling
- bowling
- hastening
- bustling
- coursing
- haring
- pelting
- rustling
- humping
- hying
- belting
- barrelling
- cannonballing
- jetting
- bundling
- motoring
- nipping
- highballing
- bombing
- whisking
- scampering
- beating it
- flitting
- whizzing
- hieing
- streaking
- sprinting
- scudding
- accelerating
- beetling
- shaking a leg
- stepping on it
- making tracks
- scuffling
- stampeding
- cracking (on)
- getting a move on
- quickening
- outrunning
- hotfooting (it)
- overtaking
- outstripping
- outpacing
- arrowing
- stepping out
- beelining
- catching up
- fast-forwarding
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- creeping
- lingering
- crawling
- poking
- dragging
- lagging
- poking
- strolling
- hanging (around or out)
- sauntering
- dawdling
- ambling
- loitering
- plodding
- shuffling
- lumbering
- dallying
- tarrying
- dillydallying
- decelerating
- slowing (down or up)