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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLA'MING, ppr.
1. Burning in flame.
2. a. Bright; red. Also, violent; vehement; as a flaming harangue.
FLA'MING, n. A bursting out in a flame.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" [syn: bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, flaming, fucking]
2: very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" [syn: fiery, flaming] n
1: the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" [syn: fire, flame, flaming]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. resembling or suggesting a flame in color, brilliance, or wavy outline <the flaming sunset sky> <flaming red hair> 2. being on fire ; blazing <a flaming torch> 3. intense, passionate <flaming youth> 4. — used as an intensive <you flaming idiot> • flamingly adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 emitting flames. 2 very hot (flaming June). 3 colloq. a passionate; intense (a flaming row). b expressing annoyance, or as an intensifier (that flaming dog). 4 bright-coloured (flaming red hair).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flaming Flam"ing, a. 1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating. 2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. ``In flaming yellow bright.'' --Prior. 3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Flame Flame, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaming.] [OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also, flamer. See Flame, n.] 1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze. The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. --Shak. 2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor. He flamed with indignation. --Macaulay.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. Flaming is used to describe something that is burning and producing a lot of flames. The plane, which was full of fuel, scattered flaming fragments over a large area. = blazing ADJ: usu ADJ n 2. Something that is flaming red or orange is bright red or orange in colour. He has flaming red hair. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A flaming row or a flaming temper, for example, is a very angry row or a very bad temper. She has had a flaming row with her lover. ADJ: ADJ n [emphasis]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Blazing. 2. Bright red, of a bright color. 3. Violent, vehement, exciting, intense, glowing, burning, bursting.

Moby Thesaurus

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