1
: resembling or suggesting a flame in color, brilliance, or wavy outline
the flaming sunset sky
flaming red hair
2
: being on fire : blazing
a flaming torch
3
: intense, passionate
flaming youth
4
—used as an intensive
you flaming idiot
flamingly
adverb
Examples of flaming in a Sentence
a fancy restaurant serving eye-catching flaming desserts
a flaming speech in support of basic human rights
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Blooms reach five inches across and appear in flaming red, pink, yellow, orange, and in all possible versions and mixtures of these colors.
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Firemen spoke of seeing tenants sitting outside flaming buildings with their belongings neatly arranged beside them.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
Spotify also shared a graphic of the same design on Instagram, captioning it simply with a key emoji and flaming heart.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2025
Competition, passive-aggressive zingers and hard feelings turn their relationship into a flaming hot mess.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2025
Firemen spoke of seeing tenants sitting outside flaming buildings with their belongings neatly arranged beside them.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
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“Flaming.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flaming. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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