flaming Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke
    fire; flame.
    • fire was one of our ancestors' first discoveries
  2. verb shine with a sudden light
    flare; flame.
    • The night sky flared with the massive bombardment
  3. verb be in flames or aflame
    flame.
    • The sky seemed to flame in the Hawaiian sunset
  4. verb criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium
    flame.
    • the person who posted an inflammatory message got flamed
  5. adjective satellite informal intensifiers
    fucking; bally; blinking; bloody; blooming; crashing.
    • what a bally (or blinking) nuisance
    • a bloody fool
    • a crashing bore
    • you flaming idiot
  6. adjective satellite very intense
    fiery.
    • a fiery temper
    • flaming passions

WordNet

Flam"ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.
  2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior.
  3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

Webster 1913