Flaming - English meaning

adjective

Under a curse.

Usage examples:

The angel of death walks this accursed house

verb

Put a curse on; curse.

Usage examples:

We accurse them by the authority of the court of rome

adjective

Very annoying

adjective

On fire; burning.

Usage examples:

The whole mill was afire

adjective

Burning; on fire

Usage examples:

The protesters set buildings afire., as the sun set, the sky seemed afire.

adjective

Very brightly lit

Usage examples:

The street was afire with neon signs.

adjective

In flames; burning.

Usage examples:

Pour brandy over the steaks and then set aflame

adjective

Burning

Usage examples:

The whole village was aflame.

adjective

Red or gold, as if burning

Usage examples:

It was autumn and the trees were aflame with colour., her cheeks were aflame with embarrassment/ang…

adjective

Used to express anger, annoyance, or shock, or simply for emphasis.

Usage examples:

His bally sentences seem to go on for ever

adjective

Used instead of a rude word such as 'bloody' to express anger with something or someone

Usage examples:

A bally stupid idea, i bally well hope he finds the money he owes me.

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Make your own blasted coffee!

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

adjective

Used in phrases to express anger

Usage examples:

I've forgotten my blasted keys!

noun

A very large or fiercely burning fire.

Usage examples:

Twenty firemen fought the blaze

verb

Used in various expressions of anger, bewilderment, or surprise as a euphemism for ‘hell’.

Usage examples:

‘go to blazes!’ he shouted

verb

Set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer.

Usage examples:

Small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow

adjective

Very hot.

Usage examples:

The delicious cool of marble corridors after the blazing heat outside

verb

Burn fiercely or brightly.

Usage examples:

Plumes of smoke rose from fires blazing around the city

verb

Set an example by being the first to do something; pioneer.

Usage examples:

Small firms would set the pace, blazing a trail for others to follow

adjective

Used for emphasis, or to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

The watch was a bleeding copy

verb

Lose blood from the body as a result of injury or illness.

Usage examples:

The cut was bleeding steadily

noun

The process of losing blood from the body

Usage examples:

Blood clotting is the body's way to stop bleeding., to stanch/staunch/stem (= stop) the bleeding, s…

adjective

Made holy; consecrated.

Usage examples:

The blessed sacrament

verb

Pronounce words in a religious rite in order to confer or invoke divine favour upon; ask god to look favourably on.

Usage examples:

He blessed the dying man and anointed him

plural noun

Those who live with god in heaven.

adjective

Used to express annoyance.

Usage examples:

Computers can be a blinking nuisance to operators

verb

Shut and open the eyes quickly.

Usage examples:

I blinked in astonishment

adjective

An expression of anger

Usage examples:

I wish they'd turn down that blinking music!

adjective

Used to express annoyance or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

I didn't learn a blooming thing

verb

Produce flowers; be in flower.

Usage examples:

A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

verb

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An injury caused by exposure to heat or flame.

Usage examples:

He was treated in hospital for burns to his hands

noun

A small stream.

Usage examples:

There is a burn running through the flower beds

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

adjective

Producing flames

Usage examples:

A man staggered from the burning car.

idiom

Start to burn or burst into flames

phrase

Begin to burn.

Usage examples:

The driver had got out before the car had caught fire

idiom

To start burning

Usage examples:

When the grass in the yard caught fire, i thought the whole house was going to burn down.

adjective

Used for emphasis or as a mild expletive.

Usage examples:

The whole chuffing world's gone mad

verb

(of a steam engine) move with a regular sharp puffing sound.

Usage examples:

The train was chuffing out of the station

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's chuffing cold out there!, do what you want; it's your chuffing house!, they've closed the road…

adjective

Used for emphasis, especially to express anger or annoyance.

Usage examples:

He was a confounded nuisance

verb

Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), especially by not according with their expectations.

Usage examples:

The inflation figure confounded economic analysts

adjective

Used to express anger

Usage examples:

What a confounded nuisance!

adjective

Used to express annoyance or irritation.

Usage examples:

His cursed tidy-mindedness

verb

Invoke or use a curse against.

Usage examples:

It often seemed as if the family had been cursed

adjective

Used to describe something that is annoying to you in an angry way

Usage examples:

It's a cursed nuisance, having to work late every evening!, in recent years i've been cursed with w…

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Leave this damnable place behind

adjective

Very annoying

Usage examples:

This damnable car! it just won't start on cold mornings!

adjective

(in christian belief) condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Damned sinners

adverb

Used for emphasis or to express anger or frustration.

Usage examples:

She's too damned arrogant

verb

(in christian belief) be condemned by god to suffer eternal punishment in hell.

Usage examples:

Be forever damned with lucifer

noun

The two on dice or playing cards.

Usage examples:

A doctored die having two deuces

noun

Used as a euphemism for ‘devil’ in expressions of annoyance, impatience, surprise, etc.

Usage examples:

How the deuce are we to make a profit?

noun

The score in tennis when both players have 40 points

Usage examples:

What the deuce do you think you're doing?

adjective

Used to add force to an expression. some people might consider this offensive

Usage examples:

He's such an effing nuisance!, after lots of effing and blinding and threatening to search everyone…

adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Usage examples:

The sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

adjective

Flaming or extremely bright, hot, or of a red color like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery explosion, the fiery rays of the sun, fig. fiery (= spicy hot) chili, he’s known for his fi…

adjective

Bright red, like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery sky/sunset

verb

Burn or shine with a sudden intensity.

Usage examples:

The bonfire crackled and flared up

noun

A sudden brief burst of bright flame or light.

Usage examples:

The flare of the match lit up his face

noun

A gradual widening in shape, especially towards the hem of a garment.

Usage examples:

It is loose cut through the leg, with a slight flare to add shape.

adjective

(of a flame or light) burning or shining unsteadily; wavering.

Usage examples:

The flickering flames cast long shadows

verb

(of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness.

Usage examples:

The interior lights flickered, and came on

adjective

Shining with a light that is sometimes bright and sometimes weak

Usage examples:

A flickering candle/fire, flickering television screens

adjective

Used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance.

Usage examples:

Are you out of your flipping mind?

verb

Turn over with a sudden quick movement.

Usage examples:

The plane flipped over and then exploded

adjective

Used to emphasize what is being said, or to express anger

Usage examples:

It's a flipping nuisance!, you'll do as you're flipping well told!

adjective

Expressing great praise.

Usage examples:

He received a glowing report from his teachers

verb

Give out steady light without flame.

Usage examples:

The tips of their cigarettes glowed in the dark

adjective

Full of enthusiastic praise

Usage examples:

Glowing reviews, a glowing evaluation

adjective

Of or like hell.

Usage examples:

An unearthly, hellish landscape

adverb

Extremely (used for emphasis).

Usage examples:

It was hellish expensive

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

A hellish experience

verb

Catch fire or cause to catch fire.

Usage examples:

Furniture can give off lethal fumes when it ignites

verb

Past simple and past participle of ignite

Usage examples:

The fuel spontaneously ignites because of the high temperature and pressure., the proposed restrict…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of hell or the underworld.

Usage examples:

The infernal regions

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant

Usage examples:

What an infernal noise!, he described a journey through the infernal world.

adjective

Provided with light or lighting; illuminated.

Usage examples:

Lighted tennis courts

verb

Provide with light or lighting; illuminate.

Usage examples:

The room was lit by a number of small lamps

verb

Come upon or discover by chance.

Usage examples:

He lit on a possible solution

adjective

Past and past participle of light1, light3.

noun

Short for literature.

Usage examples:

Chick lit

verb

Provide with light or lighting; illuminate.

Usage examples:

The room was lit by a number of small lamps

idiom

If something is on fire, it is burning when it should not be

Usage examples:

If your home was on fire and you could save only one thing, what would it be?, the field behind the…

adjective

Of great value; not to be wasted or treated carelessly.

Usage examples:

Precious works of art

noun

Used as a term of address for a beloved person.

Usage examples:

Don't be frightened, my precious

adjective

Of very great value or worth

Usage examples:

Precious memories, children are our most precious resource., diamonds and rubies are precious stone…

adjective

Showing rage.

Usage examples:

A raging bull

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

adjective

Very severe or extreme

Usage examples:

A raging toothache, a raging thirst, he's got a raging (= high) temperature., a raging bore, a ragi…

adjective

Very successful or popular

Usage examples:

The news sent the company's red-hot stock surging upwards more than 21%., a red-hot market/economy

adjective

Suffering from decay.

Usage examples:

Rotten eggs

adverb

To an extreme degree; very much.

Usage examples:

Your mother said that i spoiled you rotten

adjective

See at rot.

Usage examples:

A rotten trick, rotten behavior

adjective

(of a person's face) having a healthy red colour.

Usage examples:

A cheerful pipe-smoking man of ruddy complexion

verb

Used as a euphemism for ‘bloody’.

Usage examples:

Young people today, they're a ruddy shower

adjective

(of a white person’s skin) having a red color, often suggesting good health

Usage examples:

A ruddy-cheeked girl

noun

The process of burning slowly with smoke but no flame.

Usage examples:

The smouldering can go unnoticed for many days before smoke starts to be seen

adjective

Burning slowly with smoke but no flame.

Usage examples:

A smouldering fire

verb

Burn slowly with smoke but no flame.

Usage examples:

The bonfire still smouldered, the smoke drifting over the paddock

adjective

Not able to be expressed in words.

Usage examples:

I felt an unspeakable tenderness towards her

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again

adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…