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flamelike

flamelike adjective: resembling a flame or its colour.

Adjective

flamelike (comparative more flamelike, superlative most flamelike)

  1. Resembling a flame or its colour.
    • His breath stuttered while she watched the ascendant sun streak the clouds with a flamelike glow.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, page 133

Forms of flamelike

comparativemore flamelike
superlativemost flamelike

Origin of flamelike

From flame + -like.

Questions about flamelike

What does flamelike mean?
Flamelike means resembling a flame or its colour.
What part of speech is flamelike?
Flamelike is an adjective.

Words near flamelike in the dictionary

  1. flamelessly
  2. flamelessness
  3. flamelet
  4. flamelets
  5. flamelight
  6. flamelike
  7. flamelord
  8. flamelords
  9. flamemail
  10. flamemails
  11. flamen

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