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flaming

[fley-ming]

adjective

  1. emitting flames; blazing; burning; fiery.

  2. like a flame in brilliance, heat, or shape.

  3. intensely ardent or passionate.

    flaming youth.

  4. Informal.(used as an intensifier).

    What a flaming idiot!

  5. Informal: Usually Disparaging and Offensive.(especially of a man) blatantly gay.



flaming

/ ˈڱɪɪŋ /

adjective

  1. burning with or emitting flames

  2. glowing brightly; brilliant

  3. intense or ardent; vehement; passionate

    a flaming temper

  4. informal(intensifier)

    you flaming idiot

  5. an obsolete word for flagrant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • flamingly adverb
  • unflaming adjective
  • ˈڱԲ adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flaming1

First recorded in 1350–1400, flaming is from the Middle English word flammande; flame , -ing 2
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The new trailer shows Glinda standing on a balcony overlooking a mob of angry people carrying flaming torches searching for Elphaba.

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Yes, the Savannah Bananas’ brand of baseball is far too outlandish ever to be compared to the major leagues — from flaming baseballs, rump-shaking umps and dress rehearsals.

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They even stopped using a flaming background for hot takes out of respect for my pain.

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The mysterious, flaming hunk of metal traveled for several hours before smashing into a warehouse in the Polish village of Komorniki.

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He was born to pose backlit by a pyre of flaming zombies and does so here, with the hot wind tickling his locks perfectly.

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