flaming
/ˈfleɪmɪŋ/
flaming adjective: on fire with visible flames. Also the present participle and gerund of flame.
Adjective
flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)
- 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.2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea, page 76
- 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.1994, J.A. Jance, Death of a Snowbird
- 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.2014, M. A. Meadowcroft -, The Windsurf Girl: A story of intrigue, avarice and romance, →ISBN, page 135
- Very showy, flamboyant.
- I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaaming.
- 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.
- Damned, bloody.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
- Very enthusiastic or passionate.
- I hate it with a flaming passion!
- Before he had brought it into the study that morning, he had read in the journal a flaming account of "Festivities at Gaunt House," with the names of all the distinguished personages invited by the Marquis of Steyne to meet his Royal Highness.1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
Noun
flaming (countable and uncountable, plural flamings)
- 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 […]1950, Market Growers Journal, volume 79, page 12
- Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
- Vitriolic criticism.
- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
Proper noun capitalized: Flaming
Flaming (plural Flamings)
- A surname.
Also used as
flaming is also the present participle and gerund of flame.
flaming meaning in Hindi
flaming in Hindi
- On fire with visible flames
- ज्वलंत jvalant
Examples of flaming in a sentence
- That screaming, flaming skull in the closet totally scared the bejesus out of me!
- Over in the corner, a stout gunjie with a flaming red beard.
- You need to confine this superstition malarkey to a flaming skip.
Forms of flaming
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more flaming |
| superlative | most flaming |
| Noun | |
| plural | flamings |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Flamings |
Origin of flaming
From the German surname for someone from Flanders, from Middle High German vlaeminc, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See Flanders, Fleming, and the variant Flemming.
Words formed from flaming
Phrases with flaming
- flaming up
- flaming out
- flaming onions
- flaming queens
- flaming swords
- flaming volcanos
- Flaming Dr Pepper
- flaming volcanoes
- Flaming Dr Peppers
- Flaming Dr. Pepper
- Flaming Dr. Peppers
- flaming Lamborghinis
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Words that rhyme with flaming
Questions about flaming
- What does flaming mean?
- Flaming means on fire with visible flames.
- What is flaming in Hindi?
- Flaming in Hindi is ज्वलंत (jvalant). See Flaming meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is flaming?
- Flaming can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce flaming?
- Flaming is pronounced /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/.
Words near flaming in the dictionary
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