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Synonyms for aflame
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-fleym |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈfleɪm |
Top 10 synonyms for aflame Other synonyms for the word aflame
- ablaze
- afire
- agitable
- alight
- animated
- ardent
- aroused
- awakened
- baked
- beside oneself
- blazing
- blistering
- brilliant
- broiling
- burning
- charged
- choleric
- conflagrant
- discomposed
- disconcerted
- eager
- enkindled
- febrile
- fervid
- fevered
- feverish
- fierce
- fiery
- fired up
- flaming
- flaring
- flashing
- flickering
- flushed
- frantic
- gleaming
- glowing
- heated
- high
- hot
- hot and bothered
- hot-blooded
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- hyperactive
- hysterical
- igneous
- ignited
- illuminated
- impassioned
- impetuous
- impulsive
- in a tizzy
- in flames
- incandescent
- inflamed
- intense
- irascible
- irritable
- juiced up
- jumpy
- keyed up
- kindled
- kindling
- lighted
- luminous
- madcap
- moved
- nervous
- on edge
- on fire
- overwrought
- oxidizing
- passionate
- peppery
- perfervid
- piqued
- precipitate
- provoked
- radiant
- raging
- red
- red-hot
- refulgent
- roused
- ruffled
- scorched
- scorching
- searing
- set on fire
- sizzling
- smoking
- smoldering
- smouldering
- sparkling
- spirited
- steamed up
- stimulated
- stirred
- thrilled
- torrid
- tumultous/tumultuous
- unrestrained
- vehement
- violent
- white-hot
- wild
- wired
- worked up
- zealous
- zipped up
Définition of aflame
Origin :- 1550s, from a- "on" (see a- (1)) + flame (n.). Figurative use by 1856.
- As in afire : adj on fire
- As in fired : adj subjected to fire
- As in burning : adj blazing, flashing
- As in on fire : adj burning
- As in blazing : adj on fire
- As in conflagrant : adj burning
- As in ablaze : adj on fire
- As in ablaze : adj brightly illuminated
- As in excited : adj inspired; upset
- As in fiery : adj passionate; on fire
- As in flaming : adj burning
- To be expected to follow other people's observances set her aflame.
- Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
- His face was aflame with joy, and he writhed and shook like one who hath a devil.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- His laughter was gone, his face was aflame, and his voice rose to a shrill cry.
- Extract from : « The Scapegoat » by Hall Caine
- But her face, which had been aflame, broke into tears again and her voice failed her.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- "Getting a divorce," I answered, firmly, for my heart was now aflame.
- Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine
- My blood was aflame, and I was not minded to wait for our meeting at Reaux.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- The sun had just set, and the whole expanse of water was aflame with the afterglow.
- Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth
- That box often contained secrets which, if divulged, would set Europe aflame.
- Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux
- I was all aflame, and the fire was scorching her as well as me.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- Her cheeks are aflame with roses, like unto the dawn in God's heaven.
- Extract from : « A Survey of Russian Literature, with Selections » by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Antonyms for aflame
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