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Another word for burning

burning Synonyms

burning

modif.

On fire
flaming, fiery, blazing, glowing, ablaze, afire, on fire, smoking, in flames, aflame, inflamed, kindled, enkindled, ignited, lighted, lit, red, hot, scorching, incandescent, turning to ashes, aglow, searing, roasting, in a blaze, blistering, red-hot, white-hot, smoldering, oxidizing, being consumed, going up in smoke.
Antonyms cold*, frozen, out.
Fervent
intense, ardent, impassioned; see passionate 2.
Eager
zealous, fervid, rapt, glowing; see enthusiastic 2, 3.
Caustic
sharp, biting, stinging; see painful 1, sour 1.

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Another word for burning

adjective

On fire:
ablaze, afire, aflame, alight², conflagrant, fiery, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See hot
Marked by much heat:
ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See hot
Characterized by intense emotion and activity:
fervid, fevered, feverish, heated, hectic. See excite, feelings, hot
Fired with intense feeling:
ardent, blazing, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See feelings
Compelling immediate attention:
crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent. See big

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His eyes were like burning balls of fire.
His body was burning up.
He scattered the burning tobacco, smashed the pipe, and threw it away.
Suddenly he again felt that he was alive and suffering from a burning, lacerating pain in his head.
The burning of towns and villages, the retreats after battles, the blow dealt at Borodino and the renewed retreat, the burning of Moscow, the capture of marauders, the seizure of transports, and the guerrilla war were all departures from the rules.

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