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present participle of flare.

Definitions

flaring

[flair-ing] / ˈflɛər ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

ablaze

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afire aflame

WEAK

alight blazing burning conflagrant fiery flaming ignited lighted

Antonyms

WEAK

dark dim dull unexcited

ADJECTIVE

burning

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fiery flaming gleaming glowing hot scorching searing

STRONG

alight blistering broiling enkindled heated ignited illuminated kindled oxidizing sizzling smoking smouldering

WEAK

afire aflame conflagrant in flames incandescent on fire red-hot torrid white-hot

Antonyms

STRONGEST

cold cool

ADJECTIVE

fiery

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blazing burning combustible excitable fierce flaming glowing heated hot impassioned intense red-hot spirited vehement violent

WEAK

ablaze afire aflame agitable alight choleric conflagrant enthusiastic febrile fervid fevered feverish flickering flushed hot-blooded hot-headed hot-tempered igneous ignited impetuous impulsive in flames inflamed irascible irritable madcap peppery perfervid precipitate unrestrained

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic calm cold cool dull gentle indifferent mild moderate passive peaceful unexcited unhappy

WEAK

flat impassive subdued

ADJECTIVE

flaming

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blazing fiery glowing red-hot

STRONG

alight ignited raging red

WEAK

ablaze afire aflame brilliant conflagrant in flames

Antonyms

STRONGEST

dull

WEAK

gleeful happy joyful pleased

ADJECTIVE

tawdry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

sleazy tacky vulgar

WEAK

blatant brazen chintzy common crude dirty flashy flaunting garish gaudy gimcrack glaring glittering glitzy jazzy junky loud meretricious obtrusive offensive plastic poor raffish screaming showy sporty tinsel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

nice

WEAK

sophisticated tasteful

Example Sentences

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Flaring operations often coincide with large releases of methane, a gas with 80 times the global-warming potential of carbon dioxide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Flaring up and disappearing within milliseconds, FRBs are brief, powerful radio blasts that generate more energy in one quick burst than our sun emits in an entire year.

From Science Daily • Jan. 9, 2024

Flaring - the burning of waste gas during oil drilling - is taking place across the Gulf, including by COP28 hosts the United Arab Emirates.

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2023

Flaring is supposed to burn off 98% of the methane that would otherwise shoot directly into the atmosphere.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 5, 2022

Flaring crimson under her brown skin, Randalin's Viking blood leaped to answer the call.

From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)

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