flaming

Pluralflamings (some meanings)

1. 1
   adjective

   Burning with flames that you can see.

   Like a campfire burning bright with flames you can see.

   The flaming barn lit up the whole night sky.

   Firefighters carried the children away from the flaming house.

   Similarburning, blazing, fiery, ablaze

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2. 2
   adjective

   Very bright and colored like fire, often red or orange.

   Like the bright orange and red of a fire.

   She tied back her flaming red hair before the race.

   The sky turned a flaming orange as the sun went down.

   Similarfiery, vivid, blazing, brilliant, bright

   Oppositedull, pale, muted, drab

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   Very harsh and angry criticism aimed at someone.

   Like a crowd shouting mean things at one person.

   The flaming he got for that comment lasted for days.

   Endless flaming drove her off the message board.

   Similarabuse, vitriol, invective, trolling

   Oppositepraise

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4. 4
   adjective

   Full of strong feeling or excitement.

   Like a fire inside you that makes you want to act.

   They share a flaming love of old movies.

   Her flaming passion for music started in childhood.

   Similarpassionate, fervent, ardent, impassioned, fiery

   Oppositelukewarm, halfhearted, apathetic

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5. 5
   adjectivecolloquial

   Openly and obviously gay, in an easy-to-notice way.

   Their new neighbor is flaming and the life of every party.

   Even as a teenager he was flaming, and nobody cared.

   Similarflamboyant, camp

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6. 6
   adjectivecolloquialAustraliaBritish

   A mild swear word put before a noun to show anger or annoyance.

   Where did I put my flaming keys?

   Shut that flaming door, it's freezing in here!

   Similarbloody, damn, blasted, blooming, darned

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7. 7
   verb

   Present participle of flame. Use it for the action happening right now.

   The campfire was still flaming when we got back to the tent.

   She kept flaming her critics in every reply she posted.

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8. 8
   nouncountable or uncountable

   The act of burning something with flames.

   Like lighting a pile of leaves to burn it up.

   The flaming of the old field cleared it for planting.

   A quick flaming removed the loose threads from the fabric.

   Similarburning, torching, searing

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9. 9
   noununcountable

   Cleaning a tool by holding it in a hot flame to kill germs.

   Like holding a fork in fire until it's clean enough to use.

   A quick flaming of the loop kills any germs before the test.

   The lab teacher showed us the flaming of the wire each time.

   Similarsterilization

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