conflagrant
adjective
con·fla·grant kən-ˈflā-grənt 
: burning, blazing
Synonyms
- ablaze
- afire
- aflame
- alight [chiefly British]
- blazing
- burning
- combusting
- fiery
- flaming
- ignited
- inflamed
- enflamed
- kindled
- lit
- lighted
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Example Sentences
smoke from the conflagrant forest spread over hundreds of square miles
Recent Examples on the Web Burkes was at Burning Man, the conflagrant annual confab in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. 
Jason Kehe, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021 In celebration of San Juan de Dios, the patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town of Tultepec, Mexico for ten days. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2017
Jason Kehe, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021 In celebration of San Juan de Dios, the patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town of Tultepec, Mexico for ten days. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2017 Word History
Etymology
Latin conflagrant-, conflagrans, present participle of conflagrare to burn, from com- + flagrare to burn — more at black entry 1
First Known Use
circa 1656, in the meaning defined above
conflagrant
adjective
as in burning
being on fire smoke from the conflagrant forest spread over hundreds of square miles Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- burning
- flaming
- blazing
- smoldering
- flickering
- lit
- ignited
- inflamed
- fiery
- burned
- glowing
- aflame
- ablaze
- afire
- piping hot
- combusting
- kindled
- charred
- alight
- live
- lighted
- burnt
- enflamed
- scorching
- hot
- flaring
- searing
- aglow
- roasting
- sizzling
- scalding
- broiling
- scorched
- smouldering
- seared
- singed
- red-hot
- incinerated
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- stamped (out)
- dead
- damped
- choked
- smothered
- extinguished
- snuffed (out)
- suffocated
- quenched
- doused
- dowsed