Flaming
['fleɪmɪŋ] or ['flemɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flame
(a.) Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
(a.) Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.
(a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.
Typed by Kevin
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Blazing.[2]. Bright red, of a bright color.[3]. Violent, vehement, exciting.
Typed by Hector
Examples
- Close after her came Tattycoram in a flaming rage. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- I cannot see that there is anything very funny, cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is a mass of flaming matter, having a diameter of 866,000 miles. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The high walls of the tomb, and the flaming sword of plague, lie between it and him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The day grew strong, and showed itself outside, even against the flaming lights within. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- We know that those mountains flaming to the sky were only the customary burning of the dry grass at that season of the year. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- But, to be sure, the good lady who showed us his house did give him a most flaming character! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Alexandros began to move it about, and like the flaming sword of St Michael, or the tail of a comet, it swept in a tremendous arc across the dark sky. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Mother, you do not dare--' he faced about, and looked into her face with his flaming eyes. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Miss Rachel walked swiftly through to her bed-room, wild and angry, with fierce eyes and flaming cheeks. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- In the moment when I was withdrawing my head to go quietly away, I saw a great flaming light spring up. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- From the very first this flaming enthusiasm was mixed with baser elements. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then her eyes, strange and flaming, lifted and looked at the father, and at Gerald. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- A laborious walk in the flaming sun brought us to the foot of the great Pyramid of Cheops. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- However, if the archangel waves his flaming sword, we must; still, if I go, my Eve will be with me, and that will comfort me greatly. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Edited by Barbie