flaming

flaming

adjective

Definition of FLAMING

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>

— flam·ing·ly adverb

Examples of FLAMING

1. <a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts>
2. <a flaming speech in support of basic human rights>

First Known Use of FLAMING

14th century

Related to FLAMING

Synonyms

afire, aflame, alight [chiefly British], blazing, burning, combusting, conflagrant, fiery, ablaze, 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 FLAMING

framing, gaming