He came tearing around the corner, driving like a maniac, going like a house afire.
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Afire
//əˈfaɪɚ//
Synonyms for "afire" (102 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (51)
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Synonyms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
15 translations across 7 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- запален adj (literally on fire)
- пламнал adj (literally on fire)
Dutch
1 entries- in brand adj (literally on fire)
Finnish
3 entries- liekeissä adj (literally on fire)
- tulessa adj (literally on fire)
- tulessa adj (metaphorically on fire)
French
2 entries- ardent adj (literally on fire)
- ardent adj (metaphorically on fire)
Georgian
2 entries- ალმოდებული adj (literally on fire)
- ცეცხლწაკიდებული adj (literally on fire)
German
4 entries- Feuer und Flamme sein adj (metaphorically on fire)
- begeistert sein adj (metaphorically on fire)
- in Brand adj (literally on fire)
- in Flammen adj (literally on fire)
Spanish
1 entries- ardiendo adj (literally on fire)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
She set my heart afire.
Source: tatoeba (6030664)
A 50-year-old sheep and goat farmer was arrested last week after a surveillance camera captured him setting undergrowth afire Thursday near the town of Montesarchio, 48 kilometers from Naples in southern Italy.
Source: tatoeba (10230412)
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