flaming
adjective
[ ˈfleɪmɪŋ ]
• burning fiercely and emitting flames.
• "they dragged her away from the flaming car"
Similar:
blazing,
ablaze,
burning,
on fire,
afire,
in flames,
aflame,
ignited,
lit,
lighted,
fiery,
red-hot,
raging,
flaring,
glowing,
flickering,
smouldering,
Opposite:
extinguished,
• used for emphasis to express annoyance.
• "where's that flaming taxi?"
Similar:
wretched,
unspeakable,
rotten,
hellish,
cursed,
accursed,
damned,
damnable,
blasted,
blessed,
precious,
confounded,
infernal,
flipping,
blinking,
blooming,
blimming,
bleeding,
effing,
chuffing,
bally,
ruddy,
deuced,
• (of a gay man) having a manner or appearance regarded as stereotypically homosexual.
flame
verb
• burn and give off flames.
• "a great fire flamed in an open fireplace"
Similar:
burn,
blaze,
be ablaze,
be alight,
be on fire,
be in flames,
be aflame,
burst into flame,
catch fire,
• direct a vitriolic or abusive message at (someone) on the internet or via email.
• "your opinions and mine are probably different, but please don't flame me"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French flame (noun), flamer (verb), from Latin flamma ‘a flame’.
