ablaze

ablaze
adj
1. burning, blazing, on fire, afire, fiery; flaming, aflame, flaring, ignited.
2. gleaming, glowing, aglow, glaring; brightly lit, lighted, alight, luminous, illuminated; radiant, brilliant, incandescent; shimmering, twinkling, flashing, flickering, glittering, sparkling, fluttering.
3. excited, exhilarated, enlivened, inspired, animated, enthusiastic, eager; stimulated, aroused, intensely desirous, intense; ardent, fervent, fervid, perfervid, impassioned, passionate, frenzied.
4. very angry, irate, wrathful, wroth, incensed; enraged, raging, infuriated, infuriate, furious; ranting, raving, vehement, fuming; heated, worked up, flared up; vexed, irritated, piqued, chafed, galled, riled, nettled, offended.

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  • ablaze — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ burning fiercely …   English terms dictionary

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