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[ flair-ing ] / ˈflɛər ɪŋ /
adjectiveblazing; flaming. glaringly bright or showy. spreading gradually outward in form: a flaring skirt. Origin of flaringFirst recorded in 1585–95; flare + -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM flaringflar·ing·ly, adverbun·flar·ing, adjectiveWords nearby flaringflareback, flare path, flares, flare star, flareup, flaring, flash, flashback, flash blindness, flashboard, flashbulb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flaringPerhaps I should be more understanding, now that my own hoarding tendencies are flaring up. I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Crime is on the rise and tensions throughout the city are flaring. ‘Mad Men’: The Bizarre Megan Draper as Sharon Tate Conspiracy Theory|Jace Lacob|May 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST Tensions with Israel are flaring again as pro-Palestinian activists prepare to send more aid ships to Gaza. The Gaza Flotilla PR Battle|Dan Ephron|June 29, 2011|DAILY BEAST They had existed beside us, beneath us rather, flaring up like brushfire since the first humanoids left the trees. The Extinction Parade: An Original Zombie Story by Max Brooks|Max Brooks|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Any man who successfully manages a harem knows he must be on the lookout for such resentments, and prevent them from flaring up. How Not to Manage a Harem|Tracy Quan|December 8, 2009|DAILY BEAST Twenty feet below there came the glistening reflection of the flaring flame. The Cross-Cut|Courtney Ryley Cooper Betty, looking from her window, saw only flaring oil lamps and gasoline torches illuminating the street. The Heart of Canyon Pass|Thomas K. Holmes Through the glass side of the café one could see the moving, flaring lights of the Boulevard Saint-Michel. The Belovd Vagabond|William J. Locke The Vicar's wife regarded her as too large and flaring and curvilinear for reputable good looks. Septimus|William J. Locke I shall not readily forget the view disclosed to me by the flaring oil lamps hung in sconces to the ancient smoky walls.
Words related to flaringflicker, burn, flash, explode, break out, blaze, seethe, glow, boil over, widen, shoot, dazzle, glare, burst, fume, shimmer, dart, rant, waver, flutter |