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flaming

flaming

4.8
Showing very strong feeling, often suddenly
  • adjective
  • /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/
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  • The artist painted with flaming colors, expressing his deep passion for the subject.

The pain, the the current flaming hurt of failure.

Examples

  • It's by a beautiful mess, which I'm assuming is a Blogger flaming hot Cheeto covered Buffalo cauliflower bites.

  • No man who at the terrible moment saw his flashing eyes and sternly set lips is ever likely to forget them, the light of battle still flaming in his eyes.

  • The pain, the the current flaming hurt of failure.

  • God, is it hot as mother Flaming firecrackers forever.

  • The faces of the flaming Seraphin were slightly drawn.

  • But no, I'm going to give the gold Twinkie to the flaming hot dude.

  • There was a Commission from from some flaming liberals like George Schultz.

  • The second thing was a flock of skeletons, flaming birds.

  • They all said he was the worst aim until they saw his flaming arrow ripped between the man's eyes.

  • He delivered a flaming speech that ignited the crowd's enthusiasm.

Synonyms

passionate
vsflaming
329 2.8

Having very strong feelings about something

is more often sudden and uncontrolled rather than simply strong feeling
fiery
vsflaming
64 3.5

Full of strong, often angry feelings

is intense and sudden but not necessarily angry or hot tempered
frenzied
vsflaming
21 6.5

Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions

is intense passion often sudden but not always frantic behaviour
aflame
vsflaming
7 6.0

Burning with fire or full of strong feeling such as desire

is about sudden strong feeling often without the literal burning sense
ablaze
vsflaming
4 5.3

Showing strong excitement or desire, often in the face

is intense and sudden but can include anger as well as excitement
red-hot
vsflaming
3 4.0

Full of strong feeling or interest

is sudden and uncontrolled passion rather than steady enthusiastic interest
burnin'
vsflaming
  • Slang
3 9.9

Having strong energy and excitement, as in a music performance

is sudden strong emotion in general contexts, not limited to performance
raging
vsflaming
1 3.9

Very strong and intense, often violent and out of control

targets sudden strong personal passion rather than broad severity
flame-like
vsflaming
4.0

Showing strong feeling like a bright fire

is emotional and often sudden but less explicitly flame imagery
heated
vsflaming
4.2

A discussion full of strong feelings and anger

is emotional and sudden but may describe personal feeling rather than a situation

Antonyms

46 4.4

Not interested or showing no strong feeling about something

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

Compounds

7.2

A kind of California poppy with bright red flowers

How Passionate

frenzied
21 6.5
flaming
4.8
fiery
64 3.5
passionate
329 2.8
emotional
535 2.1

Surface Forms

flaming positive

Morphology

flaming = flame (semi-transparent) = flame + ing

The sense 'showing intense passion' is a metaphorical extension of 'flame' (passion), which learners can plausibly infer though it is figurative.

Etymology

Flaming comes from flame ('fire') and has long been used for strong feeling, like a sudden 'fire' of anger or passion. That's why flaming describes someone or something with very hot, intense emotion.