Dictionary Definition
aflame adj
1 keenly excited (especially sexually) or
indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: ablaze, aroused, turned
on(p)]
2 lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests
set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the
tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a burning cigarette"; "a
flaming crackling fire"; "houses on fire" [syn: ablaze(p),
afire(p),
aflame(p),
aflare(p),
alight(p),
blazing, burning, flaming, on
fire(p)]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪm
Adjective
- in flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it