ablaze

Examples

• All

• The blogosphere and standard media are ablaze with criticism of President Obama's remark that we have fewer bayonets today.

  Blog text (32)

• The children's faces were ablaze with joy as they opened their gifts on Christmas morning.

• The crowd is ablaze in the late July sun.

  Fiction book (1991)

• I am absolutely ablaze with agreement on, I really think that it's a process to create a passion.

• His blue eyes seem ablaze in his lean, tanned face.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Ablaze with the fire of God, she decided to confront John in church.

  Academic text (1997)

• Even a sleepy college town like Tallahassee was ablaze with insurrection when I arrived my freshman year at Florida State.

  Fiction book (2002)

• The audience was ablaze with excitement when the band started playing their hit song.

• After the announcement of the new product, social media was ablaze with enthusiastic comments.

Synonyms

E

excited

vsablaze

∞ 1.0

Feeling very happy and eager about something

is like that but typically stronger and more desire driven

A

aflame

vsablaze

7 6.0

Burning with fire or full of strong feeling such as desire

is emotional in the same way but centers on eager excitement

I

incandescent

vsablaze

• Literature

3 7.5

Full of strong feeling or passion

is similarly strong but focuses more on eager desire

R

red-hot

vsablaze

3 4.0

Full of strong feeling or interest

is equally intense but highlights desire as well as excitement

A

aflutter

vsablaze

3 7.9

Feeling excited and a little nervous

is excited too but is more about strong eager feeling than nerves

S

sizzling

vsablaze

• Informal

1 3.9

Very exciting and full of strong feeling

is equally lively but stresses strong feeling and desire

A

aglow with

vsablaze

1 6.4

Showing bright light or a strong feeling

is similar but specifically fills with eager excitement or desire

B

buzzed with excitement

vsablaze

4.7

Full of lively energy because people feel excited

shares that energy but leans more toward strong desire

B

bubbling

vsablaze

3.9

Showing lively, happy energy

is comparable but often involves deeper passionate feeling

A

abloom with joy

vsablaze

• Archaic

6.7

Looking very happy and excited

expresses similar joy but also includes strong desire and passion

Antonyms

I

indifferent

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

A

apathetic

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

How Excited

ablaze

4 5.3

enthusiastic

175 2.7

excited

∞ 1.0

keen

85 2.3

interested

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology