Noun
- 1. fire, flame, flaming, combustion, burning
- usage: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries"
Verb
- 1. flare, flame, shine, beam
- usage: shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"
- 2. flame, burn, combust
- usage: be in flames or aflame; "The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset"
- 3. flame, chastise, castigate, objurgate, chasten, correct
- usage: criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium; "the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed"
Adjective
- 1. bally(prenominal), blinking(prenominal), bloody(prenominal), blooming(prenominal), crashing(prenominal), flaming(prenominal), fucking(prenominal), unmitigated (vs. mitigated)
- usage: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot"
- 2. fiery, flaming, hot (vs. cold)
- usage: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"
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