Synonyms of flaring

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adjective

ˈfler-iŋ 

as in loud

excessively showy

flaring neon signs advertising all manner of amusement for tourists at the beach town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loud
• noisy
• excessive
• extravagant
• ornate
• flamboyant
• gaudy
• garish
• ostentatious
• fancy
• flashy
• swanky
• glitzy
• swank
• splashy
• bright
• glaring
• razzle-dazzle
• over-the-top
• overwrought
• baroque
• hammy
• spectacular
• fulsome
• pretentious
• overdone
• florid
• blaring
• bedizened
• overbright
• snazzy
• tawdry
• glittery
• lurid
• zooty
• inelegant
• vulgar
• tinselly
• tacky
• tasteless
• graceless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fitting
• appropriate
• conservative
• proper
• quiet
• understated
• restrained
• subdued
• toned (down)
• muted
• inconspicuous
• unobtrusive
• unflamboyant
• graceful
• elegant
• unflashy
• plain
• modest
• simple
• tasteful
• unpretentious

flaring

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verb

present participle of flare

as in burning

to shine with a bright harsh light

floodlights flaring into the forbidding empty spaces surrounding the prison

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flaring

Adjective

This year there have been multiple flaring incidents, including planned flaring that occurred during maintenance work in February and several weeks in April and May. —Bay City News Service, The Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2024

Oil refining giant Valero must pay a $1.2 million penalty for major flaring incidents at its Benicia facility that spewed dark plumes of pollutants into neighborhoods, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday. —Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023

The company boasted that with its flaring wheel wells, the Mars is 2.1 meters (6.9 feet) wide. —Joe McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023

Then on March 11, 2019, another flaring incident led Solano County health officials to warn residents with respiratory issues to stay indoors. —Julie Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2023

Verb

The visual effect was similar, flaring out under the tie. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2025

Whereas red dwarfs that are under a billion years old flare at exceedingly high rates, Barnard’s star shows relatively little stellar/flaring activity. —Big Think, 13 Mar. 2025

But in a wonderful bit of cosmic serendipity, the moon is also 400 times closer to us, which results in the solar and lunar disks appearing to be exactly the same size in our sky, making for a perfect fit, with only the sun’s corona—or fires—flaring out from behind the moon during totality. —Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025

Tensions are also reportedly flaring between Musk and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has reportedly been furious with Musk for weeks since his team closed down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), according to reporting by The New York Times. —Alex Gangitano, The Hill, 8 Mar. 2025

This has resulted in Israel extending its presence in Lebanon and with limited violence already flaring up, the quiet the ceasefire brought is still at risk of failing. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 13 Feb. 2025

Tariffs, which act as a tax on foreign goods, could lead to higher prices, which are rarely if every welcomed by Americans, and having more import duties on the horizon comes against a backdrop of inflation flaring up once again. —Kate Gibson, CBS News, 13 Feb. 2025

The dress featured a corset top with a sweetheart neckline and triangular peplums flaring out at the hips. —Ada Tseng, WWD, 2 Feb. 2025

Fires also began flaring up in San Diego County southeast of Los Angeles. —John Bacon, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025