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: 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
Example Sentences
a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts
a flaming speech in support of basic human rights
Recent Examples on the Web
With Valentine’s Day approaching, a flaming pan of cherries Jubilee might be the very thing to warm your loved one’s heart.
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Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
Frey can shoot rocks at flying enemies, cut them down with a flaming sword, and mow them down with a flurry of water arrows.
—George Yang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
Alex struck a match and held it to the note, then tossed the flaming paper into the nothingness where the table had been.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
The Ottoman artist chose to depict the prophet’s purity through the use of white fabrics, and his entire being as touched by the light of God via the large flaming nimbus that encircles his body.
—Christiane Gruber, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2023
The unidentified cousin, who was working down the street, used a shovel to smash out the windows of the flaming home on Syracuse Street in east Detroit last Tuesday, according to local affiliate Fox 2.
—Jon Brown, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2023
The old tattoo was a flaming meteor, which is the team logo of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, who also has a meteor tattoo on his left forearm.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
In Fires of Rubicon, players take control of an Armored Core, vehicular combat mech, and take on various jobs as a mercenary on Rubicon 3, a flaming planet in search of a new energy resource.
—Richard Newby, Time, 18 Dec. 2022
The worst failure, in 1996, was a rocket that tipped to the side, flew in the wrong direction and exploded 22 seconds after launch, showering a Chinese village with falling wreckage and flaming fuel that killed or injured at least 63 people.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
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Melissa Clark, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2023
Frey can shoot rocks at flying enemies, cut them down with a flaming sword, and mow them down with a flurry of water arrows.
—George Yang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
Alex struck a match and held it to the note, then tossed the flaming paper into the nothingness where the table had been.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022
The Ottoman artist chose to depict the prophet’s purity through the use of white fabrics, and his entire being as touched by the light of God via the large flaming nimbus that encircles his body.
—Christiane Gruber, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2023
The unidentified cousin, who was working down the street, used a shovel to smash out the windows of the flaming home on Syracuse Street in east Detroit last Tuesday, according to local affiliate Fox 2.
—Jon Brown, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2023
The old tattoo was a flaming meteor, which is the team logo of Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao, who also has a meteor tattoo on his left forearm.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2023
In Fires of Rubicon, players take control of an Armored Core, vehicular combat mech, and take on various jobs as a mercenary on Rubicon 3, a flaming planet in search of a new energy resource.
—Richard Newby, Time, 18 Dec. 2022
The worst failure, in 1996, was a rocket that tipped to the side, flew in the wrong direction and exploded 22 seconds after launch, showering a Chinese village with falling wreckage and flaming fuel that killed or injured at least 63 people.
—Keith Bradsher, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of flaming was
in the 14th century
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Cite this Entry
“Flaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaming. Accessed 31 Mar. 2023.
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Nglish: Translation of flaming for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of flaming for Arabic Speakers
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