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adjectiveemitting flames; blazing; burning; fiery. like a flame in brilliance, heat, or shape. intensely ardent or passionate: flaming youth. Informal. (used as an intensifier) What a flaming idiot! Informal: Usually Disparaging and Offensive. (especially of a man) blatantly gay: He's a flaming queen! Origin of flamingFirst recorded in 1350–1400, flaming is from the Middle English word flammande.See flame, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM flamingflam·ing·ly, adverbun·flam·ing, adjectiveWords nearby flamingflame stitch, flame test, flamethrower, flame tree, flame war, flaming, flamingo, flamingo-flower, flaming sword, Flaminian Way, Flamininus Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flamingIt was through one of those that a fuel tanker spilled its flaming contents into the river after a road accident on August 25, 2020. 51 Years Later, the Cuyahoga River Burns Again|Wes Siler|August 28, 2020|Outside Online He circled around to the North Tower and saw what he at first took to be clothing tossed from the flaming heights. The President and the Tow Truck Driver|Michael Daly|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was a terrifying bombardment of rocks, palm trunks and flaming naphtha. In Threatening Baghdad, Militants Seek to Undo 800 Years of History|Justin Marozzi|August 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Frank Ocean, Kanye West, and the Flaming Lips (along with many others) will be in attendance from June 12 to 15. The Best Summer Music Festivals|Marina Watts|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As it turns out, the accusations in the ad are false—as in, flaming “pants on fire” false. How 2014 Is Shaping Up to be the Darkest Money Election to Date|Robert Maguire|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST The result was three archconservatives, three flaming liberals and four centrist moderates. Remembering Ma Laureys, the Mother of 10 Christie Slandered to Win His First Election|Michael Daly|January 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST With bloodshot eyes, and gaping mouth, and flaming nostrils, the hideous creature came rushing onwards. The Story of Siegfried|James Baldwin Then the epaulets changed to a pair of roosters with flaming red combs, that flapped their wings and crowed. The Drummer Boy|John Trowbridge Each lad found it a little awkward to carry his loaded and cocked rifle in one hand and the flaming stick of wood in the other. Through Forest and Fire|Edward Ellis The lights from the flaming mass fell on a large body of Spaniards, who had rallied, and were advancing rapidly towards us. First cousin to Archie is the onion, otherwise the flaming rocket. Cavalry of the Clouds|Alan Bott
British Dictionary definitions for flaming
adjectiveburning with or emitting flames glowing brightly; brilliant intense or ardent; vehement; passionatea flaming temper informal (intensifier)you flaming idiot an obsolete word for flagrant Derived forms of flamingflamingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to flamingglowing, red-hot, fiery, blazing, burning, raging, red, alight, ignited, flaring, scintillating, aroused, ablaze, afire, brilliant, conflagrant, aflame, ardent, bright, fervent |