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Dictionary: a·flame   (ə-flām') pronunciation
adv. & adj.
  1. On or as if on fire.
  2. Keenly excited and interested.

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adjective

    On fire: ablaze, afire, alight, burning, conflagrant, fiery, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

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adj

Definition: burning
Antonyms: extinguished, unlit


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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
  Synonyms: ablaze, aroused, turned on

Meaning #2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame
  Synonyms: ablaze, afire, aflare, alight, blazing, burning, flaming, on fire

Meaning #3: (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion
  Synonyms: crimson, red, reddened, red-faced, flushed


Translations: Aflame
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Dansk (Danish)
adv. - i flammer, i lys lue
adj. - i flammer, i lys lue

Nederlands (Dutch)
brandend, opgewonden

Français (French)
adv. - en flammes, en feu, embrasé
adj. - embrasé, en flammes, enflammé

Deutsch (German)
adv. - in Flammen
adj. - in Flammen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adv. - στις φλόγες
adj. - καιγόμενος, φλεγόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
in fiamme, bruciante

Português (Portuguese)
adv. - em chamas
adj. - chamejante, radiante (coloq.), brilhante

Русский (Russian)
в огне

Español (Spanish)
adv. - en llamas
adj. - inflamado

Svenska (Swedish)
adv. - i brand, i ljusan låga
adj. - i brand, i ljusan låga

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
燃烧着, 辉耀地, 炽烈地, 激动地, 激动的, 燃烧的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adv. - 燃燒著, 輝耀地, 熾烈地, 激動地
adj. - 激動的, 燃燒的

한국어 (Korean)
adv. - 불타올라, 상기하여
adj. - 불타는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 炎となって

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ظرف) مشتعلا ملتهبا (صفه) مشتعل, ملتهب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adv. - ‮לוהט, בוער‬
adj. - ‮לוהט, בוער, מרוגש מאד‬


 
 
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