| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
Synonyms: |
beam, burst out, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, fulgurate, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle |
| Main Entry: | blazing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on fire |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, afire, aflame, fiery, flaming, smoldering |
| Main Entry: | ablaze |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on fire |
Synonyms: |
afire, aflame, alight, blazing, burning, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, flaring, ignited, lighted |
| Main Entry: | ardent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
agog, avid, blazing, burning, desirous, eager, fervent, fervid, fierce, fiery, horny*, hot*, hungry, impassioned, intense, keen, lovey-dovey, lusty, passionate, spirited, thirsty, vehement, warm, zealous |
Antonyms: |
cold, cold-blooded, cool, dispassionate, frigid, indifferent, lukewarm, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | bright |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shining, glowing in appearance |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, aglow, alight, argent, auroral, beaming, blazing, brilliant, burning, burnished, coruscating, dazzling, effulgent, flashing, fulgent, fulgid, glaring, gleaming, glistening, glittering, glossy, golden, illuminated, illumined, incandescent, intense, irradiated, lambent, light, lighted, limpid, luminous, lustrous, mirrorlike, moonlit, phosphorescent, polished, radiant, relucent, resplendent, scintillating, shimmering, shiny, silvery, sparkling, sunlit, sunny, twinkling, vivid |
Antonyms: |
dark, dreary, dull, obscure, somber |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be on fire; set on fire |
Synonyms: |
bake, be ablaze, blaze, brand, broil, calcine, cauterize, char, combust, conflagrate, cook, cremate, enkindle, flame, flare, flash, flicker, glow, heat, ignite, incinerate, kindle, light, melt, parch, reduce to ashes, rekindle, roast, scald, scorch, sear, set a match to, singe, smoke, smolder, toast, torch, wither |
Antonyms: |
cool, extinguish, put out, quench, smother, wet |
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be excited about; yearn for |
Synonyms: |
be angry, be aroused, be inflamed, be passionate, be stirred up, blaze, boil, breathe fire, bristle, desire, eat up, fume, lust, rage, seethe, simmer, smoulder, tingle, yearn |
Antonyms: |
stifle, subdue |
| Main Entry: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fervent, excited |
Synonyms: |
all-consuming, ardent, blazing, eager, earnest, fervid, feverish, frantic, frenzied, heated, hectic, impassioned, intense, passionate, red-hot, vehement, white-hot, zealous |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, cold, cool, unexcited, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | declare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known clearly or officially |
Synonyms: |
acknowledge, advance, advocate, affirm, allegate, allege, announce, argue, assert, asservate, attest, aver, avow, be positive, blaze, bring forward, certify, cite, claim, confess, confirm, contend, convey, demonstrate, disclose, enunciate, give out, inform, insist, maintain, manifest, notify, pass, proclaim, profess, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, put forward, reaffirm, reassert, render, repeat, reveal, set forth, show, sound, state, stress, swear, tell, testify, validate, vouch |
Antonyms: |
deny, disavow, retract |
| Main Entry: | disseminate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distribute, scatter |
Synonyms: |
advertise, announce, annunciate, blaze, blazon, broadcast, circulate, declare, diffuse, disject, disperse, dissipate, proclaim, promulgate, propagate, publicize, publish, radiate, sow, spread, strew |
Antonyms: |
collect, gather |