Burning

/ˈbɝnɪŋ/

Synonyms for "burning" (447 found)

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Noun(12 words)

combustion ablaze acute aflame alight ardent ashing blazeblazing glareburnburning at the stakecauterizing

abandoned ablaze acerb acerbate acerbic acid acidic acidulent acidulous acrimonious afire aflame aflicker aglow algetic alight angryanimal heatapproaching approximate

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approximating ardentarm in armarm-in-armax baking beaming beamy beheading bitter blazing blisteringblood heatblushingbody heatboilingboiling overbranding breathless brightbright and sunnybright-hued brilliant brisk broiling burnburning hotburning painburning with excitementcalcination calefacient calefactive calefactory calidity caloric candent candescent canicularcapital punishmentcarbonization caustic cauterant cauterization cautery chafed chafing chaircheek-by-jowlcholeric cineration clamant clamorous closecoal heatcolorful colory comburent combustion

Strong matches (134)

committed concremation conflagrantconvected heatcordial cracking cremation crucifixion crying cupellation curried decapitation decollation dedicated deep-colored defenestration deflagration deliriousdestructive distillationdevoted

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devout dire distillation distilling drunk earnest ebullientelectric heatelectrocution embittered emphatic enthusiastic estral estrous estrual excited exciting execution exigent exotic exuberant faithful fanatical febrile fervent fervid festering feverfever heatfevered feverish feverous fiery fire flagrant flaming flaring flashing flashy flickering flushed flushing fulgurant fulgurating fumingfuneral pilefusillade galled gallows garrotegas chambergas heatgassing gay gay-colored gleaming gleamy glinting glow glowing gorgeous grilling guillotine gutteringhand-in-handhanging harsh hearty heat heated heatedness heating hectic hemlockhet uphigh-colored high-seasoned hothot as firehot as hellhot as pepperhot bloodedhot seathot-air heathot-blooded hotness hyperpyretic hyperthermic hypothermia ignescent ignited illuminant impassioned imperative importunatein a blazein a feverin a glowin earnestin flamesin heat

Noun(9 words)

corrosives cremations electrocution flamageflambéflame flamings ignite ignition

Verb(3 words)

cremating enkindled flamed

Adjective(1 words)

fiery statement

Related words (223)

in mustin rutin the neighborhood ofincalescence incandescent incinerationinduction heatinflamed insistent instant intense intentintent onintimate intoxicated irradiative irritatedjudicial murderkeen kindled

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lamping lapidationlight as daylightedlike a furnacelike an ovenlive lively living loyal luciferous lucific luciform luminant luminative luminiferous luminificent luminous lurid lustful lustrous meteoricmolecular heatmust musty nearnear the marknearing nearishnecktie partynigh nighish nippyoil heaton fireorient overheated overwarm oxidation oxidization painful parching passionate peppery perfervidpiping hotpoisoning propinque provoking proximal proximate pyre pyretic pyrolysis racy radiantradiant heatraging rancorous rankled rankling raw redred hotred-hotreduction to ashesreeking refining resentful resenting resolute rich rich-colored roasting rope rutilant rutilous rutting ruttish rutty scalding scathing scintillant scintillating scorching scorification searing seasoned seething self-immolation sensitive serioussexually excitedshining shiny shocking shootingside-by-sidesimmering sincere singeing sizzlingsizzling hotsmart smarting smelting smokingsmoking hotsmoldering snappysolar heatsore sparking spiced spicy spirited splenetic starbright starlike starrysteam heatsteaming steamy stewing stimulating sting stinging stirring stoning strangling strangulation streaming sudorific suffused sultry sunny sunshiny superheat superheatedness suttee sweating sweaty sweltering sweltry tangy tenderthe axthe blockthe chairthe gallowsthe gas chamberthe guillotinethe hot seatthe ropethe stakethermal radiationthermogenesis thirsty tingle tingling toasting torrid toweringultraviolet heatunextinguished unquenched unrestrained urgent urtication vehement vesication vicinal vigorous violent virulent vivid warm warming warmness warmthwhite hotwhite-hotwith a kickwithering zealous zestful zesty zippy

Noun(14 words)

incinerate incinerating kilning overcooking pressing scorch sear searing singe smarting smouldering stinging torching urgent

Adjective(1 words)

searing heat

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More general

22 entries

capital punishmentchange of integritychemical processcombustiondeath penaltyemotional stateexecuting execution fire hurting oxidation oxidisation oxidization painphysical phenomenonphysiological sensation

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More specific

15 entries

bonfireburning ambitionburning desireburning hatredburning questioncampfire char flaminghot sensationincinerate sear smolder smolderingstinging painwildfire

Collocations

16 entries

burn injuryburn rateburn timeburning candleburning desireburning fossil fuelsburning fuelburning heatburning issueburning painburning questionburning rateburning sensationcalorie burnchemical burnfuel burn

Inflections

4 entries

burned burnings burns burnt

Derivations

6 entries

burn burnable burner burningly burnout reburn

similar

2 entries

importantof import

Sample sentences

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Bridges are burning and chances are few.

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The fire was burning brightly.

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The fire is burning furiously.

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Don't you smell something burning in the next room?

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