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flaming
[ fley-ming ]
flaming
/ ˈfleɪmɪŋ /
adjective
- burning with or emitting flames
- glowing brightly; brilliant
- intense or ardent; vehement; passionate
a flaming temper
- informal.(intensifier)
you flaming idiot
- an obsolete word for flagrant
Derived Forms
- ˈflamingly, adverb
Other Words From
- flaming·ly adverb
- un·flaming adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of flaming1
Example Sentences
“We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in western Sierra Leone and some parts of the interior of Guinea,” said Nabarro.
He circled around to the North Tower and saw what he at first took to be clothing tossed from the flaming heights.
It was a terrifying bombardment of rocks, palm trunks and flaming naphtha.
I saw some fun photos online of you and Nicholas Hoult doing flaming shots.
Frank Ocean, Kanye West, and the Flaming Lips (along with many others) will be in attendance from June 12 to 15.
The electric wires got out of working order, and the city was lighted only by the glare of the flaming buildings.
The whole is enclosed by a low brick wall, topped by iron railings painted flaming red.
Sometimes they were conceived as flaming swords; their forms, indeed, lend themselves to this imagining.
He made no attempt to detain Jessie, who passed down the street with her cheeks flaming.
The men at the station came out with flaming torches—awful-looking fellows indeed!
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