1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flame.

2. (a.) Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

3. (a.) of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling.

4. (a.) Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclamation or harangue.

Gongoresque Johnsonian Titian Titian-red abandoned ablaze affected afire aflame aflicker aglow alight ardent bedazzling bedizened big-sounding blasted blatant blazing bleeding blinding bloody blooming boiling boiling over breathless bricky bright bright and shining brilliant burning burning with excitement candent candescent cardinal carmine carnation carnelian cerise cherry cherry-colored cherry-red comburent committed conflagrant conspicuous convoluted cordial crimson damask damned dazzling declamatory dedicated delirious devoted devout drunk earnest effulgent egregious elevated enthusiastic euphuistic excited extravagant exuberant faithful fanatic febrile ferruginous fervent fervid fevered feverish fiery fire-red flagrant flamboyant flame-colored flame-red flaring flashing flashy flaunting flickering flushed fulgent fulgid fulgurant fulgurating fulsome fuming garish gaudy glaring glary glowing grandiloquent grandiose grandisonant gules guttering hard-core hearty heated hectic het up high-flowing high-flown high-flying high-sounding highfalutin hot hot-blooded hotheaded ignescent ignited impassioned in a blaze in a glow in earnest in flames in rut incandescent incarmined inflamed infrared inkhorn intense intent intent on intoxicated iron-red keen kindled labyrinthine lake-colored laky lateritious lexiphanic live lively living lobster-red lofty loyal lurid madcap magniloquent maroon meretricious meteoric obvious on fire orotund ostentatious overdone overelaborate overinvolved overwrought passionate pedantic perfervid pompous port-wine pretentious puce red red-dyed red-hot red-looking reddened reddish reddish-amber reddish-brown reeking refulgent resolute resplendent rhetorical rubicund rubiginous rubric rubricose ruby ruby-colored ruby-red ruddied ruddy rufescent rufous rust rust-red rusty scarlet scintillant scintillating scorching seething sensational sensationalistic sententious serious sexually excited showy sincere smoking smoldering sonorous sparking spirited splendent splendid splendorous stammel steaming steamy stilted tall tile-red tortuous totally committed unextinguished unquenched unrestrained vehement vermilion vigorous vinaceous vivid warm white-hot wine wine-colored wine-red zealous