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comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming
On fire with visible flames. quotations examples
On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.
2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea, page 76
Very bright and the color of flame. quotations examples
In the evening she reveled in the flaming sunsets, with their spectacular orange glows that seemed to set the whole world on fire.
1994, J.A. Jance, Death of a Snowbird
Edward was twelve when he had seen his first painting by Titian of a woman with flowing red locks. Since that day, he had always wanted to find a model he could paint who possessed the flaming hair that was Titian's trademark.
2014, M. A. Meadowcroft -, The Windsurf Girl: A story of intrigue, avarice and romance, page 135
The sun had not yet risen, but the splendour in the East, lighting the sky with wondrous colourings of gold and crimson and green, announced the speedy coming of that god which many of the inhabitants of Baalbek still worshipped. The temples and palaces of the city took their tints from the flaming sky, and Haziddin, the ambassador, thought he had never seen anything so beautiful, notwithstanding the eulogy Mahomet himself had pronounced upon his own metropolis of Damascus.
2014, Robert Barr, The Strong Arm: And Other Stories, page 323
(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male. examples
(Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody. examples
Very enthusiastic or passionate. quotations examples
Before he had brought it into the study that morning, he had read in the journal a flaming account of "Festivities at Gaunt House," with the names of all the distinguished personages invited by the Marquis of Steyne to meet his Royal Highness.
1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848
present participle and gerund of flame examples
plural flamings
An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames. quotations examples
The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]
1950, Market Growers Journal, volume 79, page 12
Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame. examples
(Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.