Synonyms of blazing

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adjective

ˈblā-ziŋ 

1

as in burning

being on fire

the blazing logs in the fireplace cast a warm glow on our holiday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in warm

having or expressing great depth of feeling

a blazing speech affirming the value of every individual in this world

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

blazing

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verb (1)

present participle of blaze

as in announcing

to make known openly or publicly

the White House didn't waste a minute in blazing the lower unemployment figures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• announcing
• publishing
• declaring
• proclaiming
• posting
• blaring
• advertising
• flashing
• heralding
• promulgating
• trumpeting
• broadcasting
• disclosing
• running with
• promoting
• publicizing
• releasing
• sounding
• spreading
• revealing
• giving out
• blazoning
• enunciating
• annunciating
• beating the drum (for or about)
• reporting
• disseminating
• showing
• placarding
• crying
• barking
• ringing
• puffing
• introducing
• featuring
• calling (off or out)
• imparting
• manifesting
• tolling
• bulletining
• informing
• billing
• plugging
• knelling
• billboarding
• notifying
• divulging
• intimating
• communicating
• gazetting
• handing down
• apprising
• kithing
• blurbing
• kything
• pitching
• advising

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• concealing
• suppressing
• withholding
• silencing
• recalling
• revoking
• retracting
• hushing (up)
• recanting

blazing

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verb (2)

present participle of blaze

1

as in glowing

to be on fire especially brightly

the house blazed for over three hours in the late-night fire

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in glaring

to shine with a bright harsh light

the spotlight blazed through my window

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in speeding

to proceed or move quickly

an extreme skier went blazing down the ski slope at a reckless pace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• speeding
• racing
• rushing
• hurrying
• flying
• trotting
• travelling
• scurrying
• driving
• traveling
• zipping
• chasing
• buzzing
• running
• jumping
• blowing
• blasting
• darting
• dashing
• tearing
• stepping
• scooting
• whirling
• ripping
• scuttling
• hurtling
• shooting
• barreling
• zooming
• ramming
• bolting
• rocketing
• hurling
• bowling
• jogging
• hustling
• careering
• hastening
• breezing
• careening
• coursing
• galloping
• rustling
• bustling
• pelting
• haring
• humping
• barrelling
• jetting
• belting
• cracking (on)
• motoring
• bundling
• nipping
• whisking
• cannonballing
• beating it
• highballing
• bombing
• hieing
• hying
• scampering
• flitting
• stepping on it
• streaking
• sprinting
• scudding
• whizzing
• making tracks
• shaking a leg
• accelerating
• getting a move on
• hotfooting (it)
• scuffling
• stampeding
• quickening
• beetling
• outrunning
• overtaking
• outstripping
• outpacing
• stepping out
• arrowing
• catching up
• beelining
• fast-forwarding

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• creeping
• crawling
• lingering
• poking
• dragging
• hanging (around or out)
• lagging
• poking
• strolling
• dawdling
• loitering
• sauntering
• shuffling
• ambling
• plodding
• dallying
• lumbering
• slowing (down or up)
• tarrying
• dillydallying
• decelerating

Examples of blazing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

On a blazing August afternoon, nothing refreshes quite like a root beer float. —Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 July 2024

On a blazing June afternoon, for nearly two hours over lunch at a Brazilian restaurant in the West Village, Zimmerman waxes horrific about horror, leaving his chicken Milanesa mostly untouched. —Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 30 July 2024

As blazing temperatures continue in North Texas, many are rushing to getout of the heat. —Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 July 2024

When blazing temperatures hit, there’s only one sensible outfit choice: a linen set, of course. —Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 26 June 2024