Synonyms of flaming

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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

Alex Tafoya was a much easier interview, even taking off his Ghost Rider flaming skull headpiece to talk. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026

Lili Reinhart’s coldly overbearing Apple (with lucious, flaming red hair) is their ringleader, Alexandra Shipp’s Fig is a science genius who lost her personality in a swirl of people pleasing, and Victoria Pedretti’s mentally fragile Cherry is Apple’s resident punching bag and fixer-upper project. — Jada Yuan, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2026

Verb

The conflict that ensues is startling in the intensity of its violence, as bodies brawl and break in the mud, flaming torches are taken to the face, and red-hot blades are seared into flesh. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 11 June 2026

The Chicago Fire Department confirmed the flaming object was a cross and said officials put out the fire. — Hallie Golden, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026