| Main Entry: | flame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn |
Synonyms: |
blaze, coruscate, fire, flare, flare up, flash, glare, glint, glow, ignite, kindle, light, oxidize, shine |
| Main Entry: | flaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | burning |
Synonyms: |
ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, blazing, brilliant, conflagrant, fiery, flaring, glowing, ignited, in flames, raging, red, red-hot |
| Main Entry: | flaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very angry, vehement |
Synonyms: |
ardent, aroused, blazing, bright, burning, fervent, frenzied, hot, hot-blooded, impassioned, intense, passionate, raging, red-hot, scintillating, vivid, white-hot |
Antonyms: |
gleeful, happy, joyful, pleased |
| Main Entry: | ablaze |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on fire |
Synonyms: |
afire, aflame, alight, blazing, burning, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, flaring, ignited, lighted |
| 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: | 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: | burning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | blazing, flashing |
Synonyms: |
afire, aflame, alight, blistering, broiling, conflagrant, enkindled, fiery, flaming, flaring, gleaming, glowing, heated, hot, ignited, illuminated, in flames, incandescent, kindled, on fire, oxidizing, red-hot, scorching, searing, sizzling, smoking, smouldering, torrid, white-hot |
Antonyms: |
cold, cool |
| Main Entry: | combustion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion; on fire |
Synonyms: |
agitation, candescence, disturbance, flaming, ignition, kindling, oxidization, thermogenesis, tumult, turmoil |
| Main Entry: | conflagration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large fire |
Synonyms: |
blaze, bonfire, burning, flaming, holocaust, inferno, rapid oxidation, up in smoke, wildfire |
| Main Entry: | damn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | condemn, denounce |
Synonyms: |
abuse, anathematize, attack, ban, banish, blaspheme, blast, cast out, castigate, censure, complain of, confound, convict, criticize, cry down, curse, cuss, darn, denunciate, doom, drat, excommunicate, excoriate, execrate, expel, flame, fulminate against, imprecate, inveigle against, jinx, object to, objurgate, pan, penalize, proscribe, punish, revile, sentence, slam, swear, thunder against |
| Notes: | a dam is a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water while damn is used as an expletive meaning cursed, condemned to hell |
Antonyms: |
bless, cherish, commend, elevate, exalt, favor, glorify, laud, praise, promote |