as in sweetheart
a person with whom one is in love
decided to look up an old flame while she was in town
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as in to glow
to be on fire especially brightly
guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace
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as in to erupt
to develop suddenly and violently
my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up
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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights
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Recent Examples of flame
Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
The flames entered his apartment over and underneath the door, and the man escaped via his balcony.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 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
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Noun
The flame-wielder is a tough match for Mecha Man, necessitating some extrajudicial aggression as Robert lops off two of his opponent’s fingers with a beam saber.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
The flames entered his apartment over and underneath the door, and the man escaped via his balcony.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2025
Verb
Meanwhile, the movie's kinetic animation and Ichabod's rubbery physicality playfully contrast with the truly frightening Horseman and his flaming pumpkin.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flame
Noun
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His high school sweetheart, Lynne Anne Vincent, was the school’s head baton twirler and a straight-A student.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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The high school sweethearts grew into a family of three over the years that includes their three children—Cordé, Cordell, and Cori Broadus.—
Essence,
Essence,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The 20th Century and Disney pic is coming well ahead of expectations, thanks to glowing reviews and equally growing audience reaction.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Nov. 2025
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At that point, out of the vast and silent ether, messages will come glowing into your inbox one after another.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Three days after a UPS cargo plane crashed and erupted into a deadly ball of fire in an industrial part of Louisville, Kentucky, investigators are piecing together evidence in a slow search for answers.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
7 Nov. 2025
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Days after he was elected in September, his to-do list got even longer when the Jimmy Kimmel-ABC crisis erupted, followed by the arrival of AI ingenue Tilly Norwood and the Sora 2 flap involving Bryan Cranston.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Walk out of a play’s shadows back into the clear light of day without a there to take with you, and even a burning cauldron will become little more than a brief candle.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Veg/cm/61 Fire has been burning on private land.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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Filler shots of chauffeurs, champagne and colossal walk-in closets with pristine designer clobber glistening and gleaming from glass shelves centred around trays and trays of priceless jewels assault the viewer’s senses between almost every scene.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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The gleaming new location comprises 12 floors at Two Manhattan West, the final skyscraper in Brookfield’s eight-acre development between Moynihan Train Hall and Hudson Yards.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The last of those darts was fired (initially on X) by Gavin Newsom, the governor of California, who is a resistance darling of the moment after forcing through new, Democrat-friendly congressional maps in his state last week.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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And Jorge Drexler is a Latin Grammy darling, so this is very possible here.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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And an unarmed Trident II D5 ballistic missile was launched from a submarine off Florida, its blazing trail visible from Puerto Rico on September 21.—
Israel Melendez Ayala,
Time,
10 Nov. 2025
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Monae blazed through the song with some theatrical support from a crew of dancers.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Propane tanks are actually more likely to explode due to excessive heat in the summer.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Autumn is when the park really explodes in color.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Flame.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flame. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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