Synonyms of flaming

flaming 1 of 2

adjective

ˈflā-miŋ 

1

as in burning

being on fire

a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• blazing
• smoldering
• flickering
• fiery
• lit
• ignited
• glowing
• aflame
• burned
• charred
• inflamed
• afire
• alight
• kindled
• combusting
• conflagrant
• ablaze
• searing
• flaring
• scorching
• hot
• live
• roasting
• scorched
• aglow
• broiling
• scalding
• sizzling
• red-hot
• seared
• singed
• piping hot
• incinerated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• smothered
• choked
• stamped (out)
• extinguished
• quenched
• damped
• snuffed (out)
• doused
• suffocated

2

as in passionate

having or expressing great depth of feeling

a flaming speech in support of basic human rights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• passionate
• warm
• passional
• fervent
• glowing
• intense
• burning
• fiery
• emotional
• charged
• blazing
• ardent
• religious
• incandescent
• demonstrative
• enthusiastic
• impassioned
• superheated
• vehement
• fervid
• feverish
• torrid
• red-hot
• perfervid
• on fire
• hot-blooded
• warm-blooded
• sugary
• sentimental
• sloppy
• histrionic
• saccharine
• zealous
• melodramatic
• mawkish
• mushy
• sappy
• gushing
• gushy
• obsessed
• gung ho
• uninhibited
• schmaltzy
• maudlin
• infatuated
• orgiastic
• enamored
• keen
• unrestrained
• frenzied
• unreserved
• overheated
• overexcited
• overemotional

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• cool
• dry
• dispassionate
• impassive
• objective
• impersonal
• detached
• unemotional
• emotionless
• reserved
• undemonstrative

flaming

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verb

present participle of flame

1

as in glowing

to be on fire especially brightly

guests gathered around as the Yule log flamed brightly in the inn's great stone fireplace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• glowing
• burning
• blazing
• firing
• flickering
• shining
• gleaming
• smoldering
• combusting
• igniting
• melting
• going up in flames
• kindling
• scorching
• cooking
• glinting
• glittering
• roasting
• baking
• flashing
• wavering
• glistening
• broiling
• lighting (up)
• sparking
• shimmering
• enkindling
• charring
• sputtering
• radiating
• sweltering
• sparkling
• catching
• glaring
• glimmering
• deflagrating
• beaming
• beating (down)
• flaring (up)
• twinkling
• scintillating
• brightening
• guttering

2

as in erupting

to develop suddenly and violently

my anger flamed when the usher told my friend to shut up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erupting
• exploding
• bursting (forth)
• breaking out
• blazing (up)
• swelling
• flaring (up)
• mounting
• skyrocketing
• proliferating
• detonating
• mushrooming
• rocketing
• waxing
• multiplying
• burgeoning
• snowballing
• ballooning
• touching off
• blowing up

3

as in blazing

to shine with a bright harsh light

the noonday sun flamed down on the desert travelers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• glowing
• blazing
• glaring
• flashing
• flaring
• gleaming
• beating
• glancing
• glinting
• sparkling
• radiating
• glistening
• glittering
• shimmering
• beaming
• glimmering
• twinkling
• blinding
• scintillating
• glistering
• dazzling
• bedazzling
• dazing

4

as in gleaming

to shoot forth bursts of light

the actress's ruby necklace flamed dazzlingly under the bright lights

Synonyms & Similar Words

• gleaming
• flashing
• glittering
• shimmering
• glinting
• shining
• glistening
• sparkling
• glowing
• twinkling
• glimmering
• glancing
• scintillating
• coruscating
• winking
• glistering
• spangling
• winkling
• lustering
• blinding
• radiating
• beaming
• blazing
• flaring
• dazzling
• burning
• glaring
• bedazzling
• dazing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flaming

Adjective

The big righty with flaming red hair and a long, bushy beard was chosen by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 3rd round of the 2016 MLB draft. — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Johnny then becomes bonded to a supernatural demon called the Spirit of Vengeance and is able to transform into a flaming, skeletal biker. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 26 July 2026

Verb

Huge chunks of flaming fuselage fell across a six-lane thoroughfare, bursting into fireballs one by one. — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026

And the joy in the swanky dining room rockets up whenever somebody orders the Cacio e Pepe, which is mixed in a big cheese wheel, or the New York Steak, which a server sets ablaze before slicing with a flaming knife. — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2026