"flaming" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-flaming.wav [US] Forms: more flaming [comparative], most flaming [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)
  1. On fire with visible flames. Categories (topical): Fire Translations (On fire with visible flames): φλόγινος (phlóginos) (Ancient Greek), пламтящ (plamtjašt) (Bulgarian), planoucí (Czech), hořící (Czech), plápolající (Czech), enflammé (French), flambant (French), 𐍆𐌿𐌽𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (funisks) (Gothic), flagrans (Latin), flaument (Plautdietsch), flamejante (Portuguese), lasrach (Scottish Gaelic), llameante (Spanish), flammande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-adj-tqbt9-06 Disambiguation of Fire: 50 1 4 5 2 17 2 3 16 Disambiguation of 'On fire with visible flames': 94 1 2 2 2
  2. Very bright and the color of flame.
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-adj-LmdX5rcK
  3. (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male. Tags: colloquial Translations (Extremely visible): ярък (jarǎk) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-adj-QEPGavpr Disambiguation of 'Extremely visible': 26 12 45 4 13
  4. (British, colloquial) Damned, bloody. Tags: British, colloquial Translations (Bright-colored): ohnivý (Czech) Translations (Damned, bloody): zatracený (Czech), proklatý (Czech), zpropadený (Czech), saamarin (Finnish), helkkarin (Finnish), samperin (Finnish), jäkla (Swedish), jädra (Swedish), sabla (Swedish), förbannad (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-adj-hwZ2h5em Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'Bright-colored': 17 0 6 77 0 Disambiguation of 'Damned, bloody': 1 1 0 97 1
  5. Very enthusiastic or passionate. Translations (Passionate): пламенен (plamenen) (Bulgarian), vášnivý (Czech), prudký (Czech), divoký (Czech)
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-adj-qIYKrHLJ Disambiguation of 'Passionate': 8 0 1 6 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flaming Katy, flaming Lamborghini, flaming mad, flaming Nora, flaming onion, flaming queen, flaming sword, flaming volcano, Newton's flaming laser sword

Noun

IPA: /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-flaming.wav [US] Forms: flamings [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} flaming (plural flamings)
  1. An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-noun-pe996zaN
  2. Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-noun-hCEfhXD0
  3. (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism. Tags: Internet
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-noun-SOBSchbP
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: flame war, flame bait

Verb

IPA: /ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-flaming.wav [US]
Rhymes: -eɪmɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} flaming
  1. present participle and gerund of flame Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: flame Categories (topical): LGBT
    Sense id: en-flaming-en-verb-P~ZDCmzO Disambiguation of LGBT: 17 1 14 7 12 2 2 5 39 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 0 16 16 2 3 1 3 44 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 19 1 18 16 3 3 1 3 35

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea, page 76",
          "text": "On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.",
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          "text": "In the evening she reveled in the flaming sunsets, with their spectacular orange glows that seemed to set the whole world on fire.",
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          "ref": "2014, M. A. Meadowcroft -, The Windsurf Girl: A story of intrigue, avarice and romance, page 135",
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        {
          "ref": "2014, Robert Barr, The Strong Arm: And Other Stories, page 323",
          "text": "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.",
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          "text": "To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react."
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        "(colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male."
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          "text": "I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!"
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        "(British, colloquial) Damned, bloody."
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      "roman": "plamtjašt",
      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "пламтящ"
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "enflammé"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "flambant"
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      "roman": "funisks",
      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "flamejante"
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "lasrach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "llameante"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "On fire with visible flames",
      "word": "flammande"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Bright-colored",
      "word": "ohnivý"
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      "word": "ярък"
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      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "zatracený"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "proklatý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "zpropadený"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "saamarin"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "helkkarin"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "samperin"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
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      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "jädra"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "sabla"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Damned, bloody",
      "word": "förbannad"
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      "word": "пламенен"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "Passionate",
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Passionate",
      "word": "prudký"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Passionate",
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