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

/ ˈfleɪmɪŋ /

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. See flagrant
   an obsolete word for flagrant

Derived Forms

• ˈflamingly, adverb

Other Words From

• flaming·ly adverb
• un·flaming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flaming¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, flaming is from the Middle English word flammande; flame none, -ing ²none

Example Sentences

When autumn rears its flaming head, the leaves surrounding the Blue Ridge Parkway turn to breathtaking shades of marigold and orange.

From Outside Online

I cleared grass and removed all things flammable from around its walls while the flaming front of the Moose Fire roared down a hillside over my shoulder.

From Outside Online

More specifically, I daydream about throwing an entire farmers market’s worth of produce onto a flaming grill.

From Eater

Seeing a flaming human skull is intense beyond your wildest flights of imagination.

From Freakonomics

It was through one of those that a fuel tanker spilled its flaming contents into the river after a road accident on August 25, 2020.

From Outside Online

“We know the outbreak is still flaming strongly in western Sierra Leone and some parts of the interior of Guinea,” said Nabarro.

From The Daily Beast

He circled around to the North Tower and saw what he at first took to be clothing tossed from the flaming heights.

From The Daily Beast

It was a terrifying bombardment of rocks, palm trunks and flaming naphtha.

From The Daily Beast

I saw some fun photos online of you and Nicholas Hoult doing flaming shots.

From The Daily Beast

Frank Ocean, Kanye West, and the Flaming Lips (along with many others) will be in attendance from June 12 to 15.

From The Daily Beast

The electric wires got out of working order, and the city was lighted only by the glare of the flaming buildings.

From Project Gutenberg

The whole is enclosed by a low brick wall, topped by iron railings painted flaming red.

From Project Gutenberg

Sometimes they were conceived as flaming swords; their forms, indeed, lend themselves to this imagining.

From Project Gutenberg

He made no attempt to detain Jessie, who passed down the street with her cheeks flaming.

From Project Gutenberg

The men at the station came out with flaming torches—awful-looking fellows indeed!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• blazing
• fiery
• glowing
• red-hot