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Flaming   /flˈeɪmɪŋ/   Listen
Flaming

adjective
1.
Informal intensifiers.  Synonyms: bally, blinking, bloody, blooming, crashing, fucking.  "A bloody fool" , "A crashing bore" , "You flaming idiot"
2.
Very intense.  Synonym: fiery.  "Flaming passions"
noun
1.
The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke.  Synonyms: fire, flame.


Flame

verb
(past & past part. flamed; pres. part. flaming)
1.
Shine with a sudden light.  Synonym: flare.
2.
Be in flames or aflame.
3.
Criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium.



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"Flaming" Quotes from Famous Books



... and heard appeared to her like a dream. The door which had just closed behind her seemed the gate of Eden, opening on a land of exile. Nevertheless, she was to see him again. He had consented to receive her volume. Lord Byron was not for her the angel with the flaming sword, but rather an angel of gentleness, mercy, and love. Never had she seen or imagined such a combination of enchantments; never had she seen so much beauty, nor heard such a voice; never had such a sweet expressive glance met hers. "No;" she repeated to herself, "he is not ...
— My Recollections of Lord Byron • Teresa Guiccioli
... black tails, and curvetting with every one of their hoofs off the ground at once, close by the spot where Proserpina stood. In the chariot sat the figure of a man, richly dressed, with a crown on his head, all flaming with diamonds. He was of a noble aspect, and rather handsome, but looked sullen and discontented; and he kept rubbing his eyes and shading them with his hand, as if he did not live enough in the sunshine to be very fond ...
— The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) • Various
... is that any white men escaped. For their cruel work at an end, and the settlements nought but flaming ruins, the Indians marched through the woods seeking any who had escaped, gathering at length to a spot arranged beforehand. Here they drank "fire water," rejoicing savagely over their victory. Then drunk with brandy ...
— This Country Of Ours • H. E. Marshall Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall
... this time no flaming whip sprang from its surface. There was a single flash. For an instant Taylor caught a glimpse of bestial eyes, looking angrily at him from the center of the flash. Then there was nothing. He was in the darkness of a tunnel. Even the charred embers ...
— The Whispering Spheres • Russell Robert Winterbotham
... from head to foot—on the point of annihilating each other. The crusade undertaken by Pope Calixtus III. against the invading Saracens, was waged with redoubled ardor on the sudden appearance of the star with the flaming tail. Mahomet II. took Constantinople by storm, and raised the siege of Belgrade. But the Pope having put aside both the curse of the comet, and the abominable designs of the Mussulmans, the Christians ...
— Young Folks' Library, Volume XI (of 20) - Wonders of Earth, Sea and Sky • Various


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