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Synonyms & Antonyms of ablaze
1
being on fire
- the entire block was ablaze by the time firefighters arrived
Synonyms for ablaze
Words Related to ablaze
- aglow,
- flaring,
- flickering,
- glowing,
- live,
- smoldering
- (or smouldering)
Near Antonyms for ablaze
- choked,
- damped,
- dead,
- doused
- (also dowsed),
- extinguished,
- quenched,
- smothered,
- snuffed (out),
- stamped (out),
- suffocated
2
filled with much light
- that night the ballroom, ablaze with light, looked very different from the curtained room it usually was by day
Synonyms for ablaze
- alight,
- bright,
- brightened,
- illuminated,
- illumined,
- light,
- lightsome,
- lit
- (or lighted)
Words Related to ablaze
- floodlit
- (also floodlighted),
- highlighted,
- spotlighted
- (or spotlit)
Near Antonyms for ablaze
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“Ablaze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ablaze. Accessed 17 May. 2022.
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The first known use of ablaze was circa 1676
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