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
• lighted
• fiery
• burnt
• lit
• ignited
• aflame
• glowing
• burned
• enflamed
• charred
• inflamed
• afire
• alight
• kindled
• combusting
• smouldering
• 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
• snuffed (out)
• doused
• damped
• suffocated
• dowsed

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
• smouldering
• 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
• rocketing
• skyrocketing
• proliferating
• snowballing
• detonating
• mushrooming
• waxing
• ballooning
• burgeoning
• multiplying
• bourgeoning
• 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
• lustring
• winkling
• lustering
• blinding
• radiating
• beaming
• blazing
• flaring
• dazzling
• burning
• glaring
• bedazzling
• dazing

Examples of flaming in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Frey can shoot rocks at flying enemies, cut them down with a flaming sword, and mow them down with a flurry of water arrows. —George Yang, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023

Alex struck a match and held it to the note, then tossed the flaming paper into the nothingness where the table had been. —Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2022

The Ottoman artist chose to depict the prophet’s purity through the use of white fabrics, and his entire being as touched by the light of God via the large flaming nimbus that encircles his body. —Christiane Gruber, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2023

The unidentified cousin, who was working down the street, used a shovel to smash out the windows of the flaming home on Syracuse Street in east Detroit last Tuesday, according to local affiliate Fox 2. —Jon Brown, Fox News, 8 Jan. 2023