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. an obsolete word for flagrant

Other Word Forms

• flamingly adverb
• unflaming adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flaming¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, flaming is from the Middle English word flammande; flame , -ing ²

Example Sentences

A moment later, he was screaming again as they leaped over flaming wreckage and dropped to a safe corner of the main platform.

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Thousands have flocked to a rural town to see flaming tar barrels carried along its streets for Bonfire Night.

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I yanked the pin and doused her flaming underwear drawers with a heavy dose of CO2.

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At least one protester had previously been charged in state court with throwing a flaming item at a CHP vehicle from the overpass.

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The flaming pieces of astral debris will be most visible away from light pollution, which affects much of Los Angeles.

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Related Words

• blazing 
• fiery 
• glowing 
• red-hot