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Meaning of 'flaming' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Flaming [ a.]
- Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
- Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.
- Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.
2 . Flaming [ p. pr. & vb. n.]
- of Flame

Meaning of 'flaming' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . flaming [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
Example in sentence:
  • fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
2 . flaming [ s]
Meaning (2):
- very intense
Example in sentence:
  • a bad earthquake;
  • a bad headache;
  • a bad storm;
  • a fiery temper;
  • flaming passions;
  • had a big (or bad) shock;
  • in a big rage
Meaning (3):
- informal intensifiers
Example in sentence:
  • a bloody fool;
  • a crashing bore;
  • what a bally (or blinking) nuisance;
  • you flaming idiot

Nearby Words:

flabbergast flabbergastation flabbily flabbiness flabby flabel flabellate flabellation flabelliform flabellinerved

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