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kindled

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of kindled

being on fire

kindled straw was responsible for the blaze that destroyed the barn

Synonyms of kindled

ablaze, afire, aflame, alight [chiefly British], blazing, burning, combusting, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, ignited, inflamed (also enflamed), lit (or lighted)

Words Related to kindled

aglow, flaring, flickering, glowing, live, smoldering (or smouldering)

broiling, hot, piping hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling

burned (or burnt), charred, incinerated, scorched, seared, singed

Near Antonyms of kindled

choked, damped, dead, doused (also dowsed), extinguished, quenched, smothered, snuffed (out), stamped (out), suffocated

kindled

verb , past tense of kindle

Synonyms and Antonyms of kindled

to set (something) on fire

worried that lightning will kindle the forest in the drought-striken nature preserve

Synonyms of kindled

burned (or burnt), enkindled, fired, ignited, inflamed (also enflamed), lit (or lighted), torched

Words Related to kindled

charred, frizzled, scorched

baked, broiled, cooked

ashed, cremated, incinerated, kilned

brightened, illuminated, illumined, irradiated, lightened, radiated

scalded, scathed, seared

reignited, rekindled, relit (or relighted)

Near Antonyms of kindled

choked, smothered, suffocated

blackened, darkened, dimmed, dulled, obscured

Antonyms of kindled

doused (also dowsed), extinguished, put out, quenched, snuffed (out)

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