Synonyms

flaring

American

[flair-ing] / ˈflɛər ɪŋ /

adjective

blazing; flaming.
glaringly bright or showy.
spreading gradually outward in form.

a flaring skirt.

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Etymology

Origin of flaring

First recorded in 1585–95; flare + -ing ²

Example Sentences

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He described spotting mysterious "orange orbs flaring up and down" when investigating "loud thuds heard in the mountains" on a test range where others had spotted UFOs in preceding days.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

A further 100 billion cubic metres would be unlocked through the elimination of non-emergency flaring worldwide, it added.

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

Hazardous haze has also been choking people elsewhere in South East Asia, with the most number of hotspots flaring up across Malaysia and Indonesia in seven years.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

Capterio, a satellite-data company, monitors the burning of unwanted natural gas at energy infrastructure, known as methane flaring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

He saw her lips twitch at the picture of the funny face she’d been making in the antiques store—glasses askew, mouth contorted into a grimace, nostrils flaring.

From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon

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