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In some senses, flaming is marked as colloquial, British. Watch for register when choosing this word.
flaming
/ˈfleɪmɪŋ/
adj 5noun 3name 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
hot
VERB + FLAMING
expect, fuel, piping, reveled, set, started, throwing, tossed
FLAMING + NOUN
ball, baton, brandy, chef, debris, marshmallows, politicians, sunsets
PREP.
in, on, on, with, with
ADV.
again
Definitions
adj
1
On fire with visible flames.
The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.
2
Very bright and the color of flame.
In the evening she reveled in the flaming sunsets, with their spectacular orange glows that seemed to set the whole world on fire.
Edward was twelve when he had seen his first painting by Titian of a woman with flowing red locks. Since that day, he had always wanted to find a model he could paint who possessed the flaming hair that was Titian's trademark.
3
Very showy, flamboyant.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaaming.
4
Extremely obvious; visibly evident.
To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
5
Damned, bloody.
I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
noun
1
An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]
2
Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
3
Vitriolic criticism.
You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
name
1
A surname.
Thesaurus
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
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On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.
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In the evening she reveled in the flaming sunsets, with their spectacular orange glows that seemed to set the whole world on fire.
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The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]
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You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
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The sun is a flaming ball.
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