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

• burning
• blazing
• smoldering
• flickering

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

Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors. —Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025

Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart. —Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025

Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess. —Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025

Firemen spoke of seeing tenants sitting outside flaming buildings with their belongings neatly arranged beside them. —Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025

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