blazing

blaz·ing

adjective

Definition of BLAZING

: of outstanding power, speed, heat, or intensity <blazing eyes> <a blazing fastball> <blazing gunfire>

— blaz·ing·ly adverb

Examples of BLAZING

1. She runs with blazing speed.
2. <the blazing logs in the fireplace cast a warm glow on our holiday party>

First Known Use of BLAZING

1567

Related to BLAZING

Synonyms

afire, aflame, alight [chiefly British], ablaze, burning, combusting, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, ignited, inflamed (also enflamed), kindled, lit (or lighted)

Antonyms

cold, cool, dispassionate, emotionless, impassive, unemotional

Related Words

aglow, flaring, flickering, glowing, live, smoldering (or smouldering); broiling, hot, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling; burned (or burnt), charred, incinerated, scorched, seared, singed

Near Antonyms

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

Rhymes with BLAZING

glazing, hazing, phrasing