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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | on fire |
| Synonyms: | afire, aflame, alight, blazing, burning, conflagrant, fiery, flaming, flaring, ignited, lighted |
| Main Entry: | fiery |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passionate; on fire |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, afire, aflame, agitable, alight, blazing, burning, choleric, combustible, conflagrant, enthusiastic, excitable, febrile, fervid, fevered, feverish, fierce, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, glowing, heated, hot, hot-blooded, hot-headed, hot-tempered, igneous, ignited, impassioned, impetuous, impulsive, in flames, inflamed, intense, irascible, irritable, madcap, peppery, perfervid, precipitate, red-hot, spirited, unrestrained, vehement, violent |
| Antonyms: | cold, cool, dull, flat, impassive, subdued |
| Main Entry: | flaming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | burning |
| Synonyms: | ablaze, afire, aflame, alight, blazing, brilliant, conflagrant, fiery, flaring, glowing, ignited, in flames, raging, red, red-hot |
| Main Entry: | tawdry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheap, tasteless |
| Synonyms: | blatant, brazen, chintzy, common, crude, dirty, flaring, flashy, flaunting, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, glaring, glittering, glitzy, jazzy, junky, loud, meretricious, obtrusive, offensive, plastic, poor, raffish, screaming, showy, sleazy*, sporty, tacky*, tinsel, vulgar |
| Antonyms: | nice, sophisticated, tasteful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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