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burning adj.
conflagrant adj.
fiery adj.
flaming adj.

ADJECTIVE

burning

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fiery flaming gleaming glowing hot scorching searing

STRONG

alight blistering broiling enkindled flaring heated ignited illuminated kindled oxidizing sizzling smoking smouldering

WEAK

afire aflame conflagrant incandescent on fire red-hot torrid white-hot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool

ADJECTIVE

conflagrant

Synonyms

WEAK

ablaze afire aflame blazing fiery flaming inflamed on fire

ADJECTIVE

fiery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blazing burning combustible excitable fierce flaming glowing heated hot impassioned intense red-hot spirited vehement violent

WEAK

ablaze afire aflame agitable alight choleric conflagrant enthusiastic febrile fervid fevered feverish flaring flickering flushed hot-blooded hot-headed hot-tempered igneous ignited impetuous impulsive inflamed irascible irritable madcap peppery perfervid precipitate unrestrained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cold cool dull gentle indifferent mild moderate passive peaceful unexcited unhappy

WEAK

flat impassive subdued

ADJECTIVE

flaming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blazing fiery glowing red-hot

STRONG

alight flaring ignited raging red

WEAK

ablaze afire aflame brilliant conflagrant

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull

WEAK

gleeful happy joyful pleased

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in flames

Footage of the fire broadcast on local news Monday afternoon showed one structure — which authorities said was a home — engulfed in flames.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

Images shared by the Kenya Red Cross on X in the afternoon showed a crash site in flames.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Forest fires have also been reported in Croatia, Spain and Serbia since Friday, after a summer of extreme heat which has seen swathes of land across Europe either going up in flames or scorched brown.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

They saw the neighborhood in flames in the rearview mirror.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

The book slipped to the floor and the world went up in flames.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

in flames

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