Meanings
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blaze
- informalnot comparableVery fast.
- not comparableslangSexually attractive.
There were enough blazing babes in the place to give a monk a hard-on on sight.
2023, Queer Africa: New and Collected Fiction, page 16 - not comparableOf tremendous intensity, heat (thermal energy) or fervor; white-hot.
Blazing scarlet is the best; rifle-green the next best.
1859, Punch, Or, The London Charivari, Volumes 36-37, Published for the Proprietors, at the Office, 13, page 236 - informalnot comparableExceedingly angry.
She twirled around, her eyes blazing.
2 more examples
The divorced couple had a blazing row.
Ahab seemed a pyramid, and I, like a blazing fool, kept kicking at it.
1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 31, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 142
plural blazings
- The act of something that blazes or burns.
the blazings of many fires
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivewithout any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek αἴθων
- αἴθων (aíthōn)Translations
Bulgarian ярък
- ярък (jarăk)Translations
Esperanto flamanta
- flamantaTranslations
Hindi ज्वलंत
- ज्वलंत (jvalant)Translations
Polish palący, piekący
- palącyTranslations
- piekącyTranslations
- prażącyTranslations
Spanish flamígero
- flamígeroTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with blazing
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