flaming

adjective

flam·ing ˈflā-miŋ How to pronounce flaming (audio)

: resembling or suggesting a flame in color, brilliance, or wavy outline

the flaming sunset sky

flaming red hair

: being on fire : blazing

a flaming torch

: intense, passionate

flaming youth

—used as an intensive

you flaming idiot

flamingly adverb

Example Sentences

a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts a flaming speech in support of basic human rights

Recent Examples on the Web Finding a badass-looking flaming sword that dropped randomly during play?

Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 In the days after the fire started, evacuees told The Times of their harrowing escapes, surrounded by flames and smoke and nearly overtaken by the flaming front.

Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 In the days after the fire started, evacuees told the L.A. Times of their harrowing escapes, surrounded by flames and smoke and nearly overtaken by the flaming front.

Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022 While the 1-year-old guinea pig may not have flaming locks of auburn hair, this brunette beauty has no intention of stealing your man.

The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 A few minutes later, King is seen throwing a flaming object into the bar.

Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 Beyoncé's Renaissance is set to drop tomorrow, July 29, but to further heighten the anticipation, today the singer shared new album art that features stunning images of her in a series of flaming-hot outfits.

Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2022 The trees’ needles glowed a flaming orange; their bark was a ghostly gray.

Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022 Or a single flaming arrow igniting the entire countryside and yielding Wagnerian images of sublime destruction.

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022 See More

flaming 1 of 2

adjective

as in burning

being on fire a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

burning
blazing
smoldering
flickering
fiery
lit
glowing
ignited
aflame
combusting
burned
ablaze
afire
charred
alight
inflamed
lighted
kindled
burnt
enflamed
scorching
flaring
conflagrant
searing
hot
smouldering
roasting
scalding
scorched
aglow
live
broiling
sizzling
seared
singed
incinerated
piping hot
red-hot

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

dead
smothered
extinguished
choked
stamped (out)
doused
quenched
damped
suffocated
dowsed
snuffed (out)

as in passionate

having or expressing great depth of feeling a flaming speech in support of basic human rights

Synonyms & Similar Words

passionate
warm
glowing
burning
blazing
fiery
fervent
passional
intense
charged
emotional
incandescent
ardent
religious
superheated
impassioned
demonstrative
enthusiastic
vehement
fervid
feverish
torrid
perfervid
on fire
red-hot
hot-blooded
gushing
sugary
histrionic
warm-blooded
saccharine
sentimental
gushy
sloppy
zealous
maudlin
melodramatic
mawkish
schmaltzy
mushy
sappy
obsessed
gung ho
overheated
uninhibited
orgiastic
infatuated
enamored
unrestrained
frenzied
overexcited
keen
unreserved
overemotional

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

cold
cool
dry
dispassionate
impassive
objective
impersonal
detached
emotionless
unemotional
reserved
undemonstrative

flaming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of flame

as in glowing

to be on fire especially brightly guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace

Synonyms & Similar Words

glowing
burning
blazing
firing
flickering
combusting
smoldering
shining
gleaming
igniting
melting
scorching
kindling
charring
cooking
roasting
glinting
going up in flames
glittering
flashing
sparking
wavering
baking
enkindling
shimmering
broiling
sputtering
glistening
smouldering
sparkling
sweltering
radiating
glimmering
deflagrating
catching
glaring
guttering
beaming
twinkling
scintillating
brightening
lighting (up)
flaring (up)
beating (down)

as in erupting

to develop suddenly and violently my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up

Synonyms & Similar Words

erupting
exploding
breaking out
swelling
mounting
rocketing
detonating
bursting (forth)
snowballing
skyrocketing
mushrooming
proliferating
ballooning
blazing (up)
waxing
flaring (up)
burgeoning
bourgeoning
touching off
multiplying
blowing up

as in blazing

to shine with a bright harsh light the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers

Synonyms & Similar Words

burning
glowing
blazing
flashing
flaring
glaring
gleaming
glinting
sparkling
beating
glittering
glancing
glistening
radiating
shimmering
blinding
beaming
glimmering
twinkling
glistering
dazzling
scintillating
bedazzling
dazing

as in gleaming

to shoot forth bursts of light the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights

Synonyms & Similar Words

gleaming
flashing
shimmering
glittering
glinting
shining
glowing
glistening
sparkling
twinkling
coruscating
glimmering
glistering
spangling
glancing
winking
scintillating
lustring
blazing
winkling
lustering
blinding
burning
flaring
radiating
beaming
dazzling
glaring
bedazzling
dazing

单词	flaming
释义	flaming adjective flam·ing ˈflā-miŋ 1 : resembling or suggesting a flame in color, brilliance, or wavy outline the flaming sunset sky flaming red hair 2 : being on fire : blazing a flaming torch 3 : intense, passionate flaming youth 4 —used as an intensive you flaming idiot flamingly adverb Synonyms ablaze afire aflame alight [chiefly British] blazing burning combusting conflagrant fiery ignited inflamed enflamed kindled lit lighted See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts a flaming speech in support of basic human rights Recent Examples on the Web Finding a badass-looking flaming sword that dropped randomly during play? Aaron Zimmerman, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 In the days after the fire started, evacuees told The Times of their harrowing escapes, surrounded by flames and smoke and nearly overtaken by the flaming front. Gregory Yeestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022 In the days after the fire started, evacuees told the L.A. Times of their harrowing escapes, surrounded by flames and smoke and nearly overtaken by the flaming front. Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 27 Aug. 2022 While the 1-year-old guinea pig may not have flaming locks of auburn hair, this brunette beauty has no intention of stealing your man. The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2022 A few minutes later, King is seen throwing a flaming object into the bar. Bruce Vielmetti, Journal Sentinel, 10 Aug. 2022 Beyoncé's Renaissance is set to drop tomorrow, July 29, but to further heighten the anticipation, today the singer shared new album art that features stunning images of her in a series of flaming-hot outfits. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 July 2022 The trees’ needles glowed a flaming orange; their bark was a ghostly gray. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 14 July 2022 Or a single flaming arrow igniting the entire countryside and yielding Wagnerian images of sublime destruction. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 June 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 flaming 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in burning being on fire a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance burning blazing smoldering flickering fiery lit glowing ignited aflame combusting burned ablaze afire charred alight inflamed lighted kindled burnt enflamed scorching flaring conflagrant searing hot smouldering roasting scalding scorched aglow live broiling sizzling seared singed incinerated piping hot red-hot Antonyms & Near Antonyms dead smothered extinguished choked stamped (out) doused quenched damped suffocated dowsed snuffed (out) See More 2 as in passionate having or expressing great depth of feeling a flaming speech in support of basic human rights Synonyms & Similar Words passionate warm glowing burning blazing fiery fervent passional intense charged emotional incandescent ardent religious superheated impassioned demonstrative enthusiastic vehement fervid feverish torrid perfervid on fire red-hot hot-blooded gushing sugary histrionic warm-blooded saccharine sentimental gushy sloppy zealous maudlin melodramatic mawkish schmaltzy mushy sappy obsessed gung ho overheated uninhibited orgiastic infatuated enamored unrestrained frenzied overexcited keen unreserved overemotional Antonyms & Near Antonyms cold cool dry dispassionate impassive objective impersonal detached emotionless unemotional reserved undemonstrative See More flaming 2 of 2 verb present participle of flame 1 as in glowing to be on fire especially brightly guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace Synonyms & Similar Words glowing burning blazing firing flickering combusting smoldering shining gleaming igniting melting scorching kindling charring cooking roasting glinting going up in flames glittering flashing sparking wavering baking enkindling shimmering broiling sputtering glistening smouldering sparkling sweltering radiating glimmering deflagrating catching glaring guttering beaming twinkling scintillating brightening lighting (up) flaring (up) beating (down) 2 as in erupting to develop suddenly and violently my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up Synonyms & Similar Words erupting exploding breaking out swelling mounting rocketing detonating bursting (forth) snowballing skyrocketing mushrooming proliferating ballooning blazing (up) waxing flaring (up) burgeoning bourgeoning touching off multiplying blowing up 3 as in blazing to shine with a bright harsh light the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers Synonyms & Similar Words burning glowing blazing flashing flaring glaring gleaming glinting sparkling beating glittering glancing glistening radiating shimmering blinding beaming glimmering twinkling glistering dazzling scintillating bedazzling dazing 4 as in gleaming to shoot forth bursts of light the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights Synonyms & Similar Words gleaming flashing shimmering glittering glinting shining glowing glistening sparkling twinkling coruscating glimmering glistering spangling glancing winking scintillating lustring blazing winkling lustering blinding burning flaring radiating beaming dazzling glaring bedazzling dazing
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flaming

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