The sky was ablaze with fireworks.
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Ablaze
//əˈbleɪz//
Synonyms for "ablaze" (124 found)
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Closest matches (25)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (62)
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Translations
118 translations across 28 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- aan die brand adj (on fire)
Arabic
3 entries- مشعلل adj (on fire)
- مُشْتَعِل adj (on fire)
- والع adj (on fire)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възбуден adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- енергичен adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- лумнал adj (on fire)
- пламнал adj (on fire)
Catalan
4 entries- ardent adj (on fire)
- ardent adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- cremant adj (on fire)
- cremant adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 燃燒 /燃烧 adj (on fire)
- 著火 /着火 adj (on fire)
- 起火 adj (on fire)
- 熾 /炽 adv (on fire)
Czech
2 entries- hořící adj (on fire)
- planoucí adj (radiant with bright light and color)
Dutch
4 entries- flonkerend adj (radiant with bright light and color)
- in lichterlaaie adj (on fire)
- in vuur en vlam adj (on fire)
- opgewonden adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
Esperanto
3 entries- arda adj (on fire)
- arda adj (radiant with bright light and color)
- brulanta adj (on fire)
Finnish
4 entries- hehkuva adj (radiant with bright light and color)
- innokas adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- kiihkeä adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- palava adj (on fire)
French
2 entries- embrasé adj (on fire)
- en flammes adv (on fire)
Georgian
4 entries- ალმოდებული adj (on fire)
- ცეცხლწაკიდებული adj (on fire)
- ალში adv (on fire)
- ცეცხლში adv (on fire)
German
3 entries- lodernd adj (on fire)
- in Brand adv (on fire)
- lichterloh adv (on fire)
Hindi
2 entries- प्रज्वलित adj (on fire)
- प्रज्वलित adv (on fire)
Ido
4 entries- brilanta adj (radiant with bright light and color)
- brulanta adj (on fire)
- fairoza adj (on fire)
- flamoza adj (on fire)
Italian
2 entries- fiammeggiante adj (on fire)
- in fiamme adj (on fire)
Japanese
4 entries- 燃えている adj (on fire)
- 着火 adj (on fire)
- 興奮している adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- 輝いている adv (glowing with excitement)
Macedonian
1 entries- пламнат adj (on fire)
Māori
2 entries- kongange adj (on fire)
- pūkauri adj (on fire)
Occitan
4 entries- a fuòc adj (on fire)
- a fòc adj (on fire)
- abrandat adj (on fire)
- enflamat adj (on fire)
Persian
2 entries- شعلهور adj (on fire)
- فروزان adj (radiant with bright light and color)
Polish
3 entries- rozjarzony adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- w ogniu adj (on fire)
- w ogniu adv (on fire)
Portuguese
4 entries- ardente adj (on fire)
- ardente adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- brilhante adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- em brasas adj (on fire)
Romanian
4 entries- aprins adj (on fire)
- lucitor adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- scânteind adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- strălucind adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
Russian
4 entries- возбуждённый adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- горя́щий adj (on fire)
- горя́щий adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- пы́лкий adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- lasrach adj (on fire)
- lasrach adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- goreći adj (on fire)
- plamsajući adj (on fire)
Spanish
4 entries- ardiendo adj (on fire)
- ardiente adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
- en llamas adj (on fire)
- radiante adj (in a state of glowing excitement)
Unami
1 entries- winkële adj (on fire)
Sample sentences
26 total sentences available.
The house was ablaze.
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The house was ablaze with lights.
Source: tatoeba (49337)
The house was ablaze when the fire engine arrived.
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