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flaming

/ˈfleɪmɪŋ/ adjective B2
  1. On fire with visible flames. · The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
  2. Very bright and the color of flame.
  3. Very showy, flamboyant. (colloquial) · I like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals fa-laaaaming.
  4. Extremely obvious; visibly evident. (colloquial) · To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
  5. Very enthusiastic or passionate. · I hate it with a flaming passion!
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de Bonaparte; do not conceal anything, however serious,—let us see, the Island of Elba is a volcano, and we may expect to have issuing thence flaming and bristling war—bella, horrida bella.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 90 · C1
“I cannot see that there is anything very funny,” cried our client, flushing up to the roots of his flaming head.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 15 · B2
But, to be sure, the good lady who showed us the house did give him a most flaming character!
Pride and Prejudice, p. 290 · B2
In that gloomy tunnel it must indeed have been a dreadful sight to see that huge black creature, with its flaming jaws and blazing eyes, bounding after its victim.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 208 · C1

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