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flam·ing

(flā′mĭng)

adj.

1. On fire; ablaze.

2. Resembling a flame in brilliance, color, or form: flaming autumn leaves.

3. Intense; ardent: flaming passions.

4. Informal Used as an intensive: a flaming liberal.

flam′ing·ly adv.

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flaming

(ˈfleɪmɪŋ)

adj

1. burning with or emitting flames

2. glowing brightly; brilliant

3. intense or ardent; vehement; passionate: a flaming temper.

4. informal (intensifier): you flaming idiot.

5. an obsolete word for flagrant

ˈflamingly adv

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flam•ing

(ˈfleɪ mɪŋ)

adj.

1. emitting flames.

2. like a flame in brilliance, heat, or shape.

3. ardent.

[1350–1400]

flam′ing•ly, adv.

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Noun	1.	flaming - the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke; "fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries" flame, fire blaze, blazing - a strong flame that burns brightly; "the blaze spread rapidly" combustion, burning - a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light flare - a sudden burst of flame ignition - the process of initiating combustion or catching fire
Adj.	1.	flaming - informal intensifiers; "what a bally (or blinking) nuisance"; "a bloody fool"; "a crashing bore"; "you flaming idiot" bally, blooming, crashing, fucking, blinking, bloody unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
	2.	flaming - very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions" fiery hot - extended meanings; especially of psychological heat; marked by intensity or vehemence especially of passion or enthusiasm; "a hot temper"; "a hot topic"; "a hot new book"; "a hot love affair"; "a hot argument"

flaming

adjective

1. burning, blazing, fiery, ignited, red, brilliant, raging, glowing, red-hot, ablaze, in flames, afire A group followed carrying flaming torches.

2. bright, brilliant, glowing, blazing, dazzling, vivid He stroked back the mass of flaming red hair from her face.

3. intense, angry, raging, impassioned, hot, aroused, vivid, frenzied, ardent, scintillating, vehement She had a flaming row with her lover.

4. damned, bloody (slang), bleeding (slang), blooming (informal), freaking (slang, chiefly U.S.), ruddy (informal), effing (slang) I was flaming mad about what had happened.

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flaming

adjective

1. On fire:

ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, burning, conflagrant, fiery.

Idioms: in a blaze, in flames.

2. Fired with intense feeling:

ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid.

Translations

مُشْتَعِل، مُحْمَر

plápolající

blussendeflammendeglødende

flammend

flamboyant

logandi

ardente fiammeggiante furioso

plápolajúci

alev alev yananparlak

火红的

flaming

[ˈfleɪmɪŋ] ADJ

1. [torch] → llameante; [vehicle] → en llamas

2. [red, orange] → encendido
she had flaming red hair → tenía el pelo de un rojo encendido

3. (Brit) (= furious) we had a flaming row → tuvimos una acalorada discusión

4. → condenado, maldito

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flaming

[ˈfleɪmɪŋ]

adj

(= blazing) → ardent(e)

(= bright) [red, orange] → flamboyant(e)
He has flaming red hair → Il a les cheveux d'un roux flamboyant.

[row] → violent(e); [temper] → sale(e)

(mainly British) (= confounded) → satané(e) before n

adv (= confoundedly) → tellement
It's so flaming expensive → C'est tellement cher.

flaming

adj

→ brennend, lodernd; (fig) colour → leuchtend; rage → hell; passion → glühend; he has flaming red hair → er hat feuerrotes Haar; she was absolutely flaming (Brit inf: = angry) → sie kochte (vor Wut) (inf); to have a flaming row (with somebody) → sich (mit jdm) streiten, dass die Fetzen fliegen (inf)

(Brit inf: = bloody) → verdammt (inf), → Scheiß- (inf); it’s a flaming nuisance → Mensch, das ist vielleicht ein Mist (inf); it’s a flaming waste of time → das ist eine verdammte Zeitverschwendung (inf); it was there all the flaming time → Mensch or Scheiße, das war die ganze Zeit da (inf); who does he flaming well think he is? → verdammt noch mal, für wen hält der sich eigentlich? (inf)

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flaming

[ˈfleɪmɪŋ] adj

a. (red, orange) → acceso/a

b. (Brit) (fam) (furious) → furibondo/a, furioso/a

c. (Brit) (fam) (damn) → maledetto/a

flame

(fleim) noun

the bright light of something burning. A small flame burned in the lamp.

verb

1. to burn with flames. His eyes flamed with anger.

2. to become very hot, red etc. Her cheeks flamed with embarrassment.

ˈflaming adjective

flammable (ˈflӕməbl) adjective

able or likely to burn. flammable material.

flame of the forest

a tropical tree with large bright-red flowers and long brown pods.