afire
/əˈfaɪɚ/
afire adverb: on fire (often metaphorically).
Adverb
afire (comparative more afire, superlative most afire)
- On fire (often metaphorically).
- Zuleika blushed. “Yet,” she said more gently, “be sure they would all be not a little envious of YOU! Not one of them ever touched the surface of my heart. You stirred my heart to its very depths. Yes, you made me love you madly. The pearls told you no lie. You were my idol—the one thing in the...1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC
Adjective
afire (comparative more afire, superlative most afire)
- On fire (often metaphorically).
afire meaning in Urdu and Kannada
afire in Urdu
- آتش گرفتہ, جلتا ہوا, سوزاں
afire in Kannada
- ಉರಿಯುವ
Synonyms of afire
Forms of afire
| Adverb | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more afire |
| superlative | most afire |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more afire |
| superlative | most afire |
Origin of afire
13ᵗʰc., from Middle English afire, equivalent to a- (“on”) + fire. Figurative usage from late 14ᵗʰc.
Words formed from afire
Phrases with afire
Words that rhyme with afire
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- choir
- desire
- esquire
- inspire
- tire
- acquire
- admire
- dire
- empire
- respire
- sire
- transpire
- trier
- dryer
- friar
- fryer
- gyre
- lyre
- mire
- misfire
- require
- underfire
- aspire
- bemire
- buyer
- conspire
- inquire
- overfire
- perspire
- quire
- tyre
- attire
- briar
- crier
- higher
- lier
- overtire
- Pryor
- pyre
- re-retire
- retrochoir
- rewire
- supplier
- suspire
- underwire
- unretire
- byre
- drier
Questions about afire
- What does afire mean?
- Afire means on fire (often metaphorically).
- What is afire in Urdu?
- Afire in Urdu is آتش گرفتہ, جلتا ہوا, سوزاں. See Afire meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is afire?
- Afire can be an adverb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce afire?
- Afire is pronounced /əˈfaɪɚ/.
Words near afire in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: afire (page history and authors); afire (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); afire (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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