Synonyms for burning
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bur-ning |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɜr nɪŋ |
Top 10 synonyms for burning Other synonyms for the word burning
- acrid
- afire
- aflame
- all-consuming
- ardent
- biting
- blistering
- broiling
- caustic
- clamant
- clamorous
- compelling
- conflagrant
- critical
- crucial
- crying
- dire
- eager
- earnest
- enkindled
- essential
- exigent
- fervid
- feverish
- flaring
- frantic
- frenzied
- heated
- hectic
- ignited
- illuminated
- impassioned
- imperative
- importunate
- in flames
- incandescent
- instant
- intense
- irritating
- kindled
- on fire
- oxidizing
- painful
- passionate
- piercing
- pressing
- prickling
- pungent
- red-hot
- reeking
- sharp
- significant
- sizzling
- smarting
- smoking
- smouldering
- tingling
- torrid
- urgent
- vehement
- vital
- white-hot
- zealous
Définition of burning
Origin :- Old English in the literal sense; c.1300 figurative, present participle adjective from burn (v.)). Burning question matches French question brûlante, German brennende Frage. Burning bush is from Exodus III. Burning glass is attested from 1560s.
- adj blazing, flashing
- adj fervent, excited
- adj stinging, painful
- adj important
- Then there came upon him to reinforce this want a burning sense of defeat.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- There was a flame at his heart, a burning lump in his throat.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- Protection grew fierce, and fanned the burning sense of wrong.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Care should be exercised in their baking to prevent them from burning.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- Yesterday morning they were at Cowes, and we saw the smoke from the burning crofts.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- We have the deep warm blue of a southern sky and burning sunshine.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- Their light is burning dim, and yet darker days are awaiting them in the future.
- Extract from : « Stories from Thucydides » by H. L. Havell
- So instead of burning them, we buried them, that is, the bones.
- Extract from : « The Penance of Magdalena and Other Tales of the California Missions » by J. Smeaton Chase
- The tent and its future position was the burning question with him.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I am a second Moses and you are going to be my burning bush.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
Antonyms for burning
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