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

Examples of flaming in a Sentence

a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts

a flaming speech in support of basic human rights

Recent Examples on the Web

That's pretty vague, but the season 2 teaser trailer highlights several of the aforementioned foes and woes, from a host of haunted dolls and a swarm of bees to a flaming, winged creature and the gnarly sight of Tyler (Hunter Doohan) in his Hyde form. —Randall Colburn, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Earth upon Earth has opened and already come to the iced or flaming end of everything except sludge or scales or fur. —Julie Swarstad Johnson, Scientific American, 18 Mar. 2025

Use fire itself, not as a flaming wood chipper, but as a transmuting presence to which much of the landscape may already be adapted, a process that can massage the biota, not just blast it away. —Stephen A. Pyne, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2025

Flo Milli is closing out 2024 with yet another flaming hot freestyle. —Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 10 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for flaming

• aiming
• blaming
• claiming
• framing
• gaming
• laming
• maiming
• naming
• shaming
• taming
• declaiming
• defaming