burning

Speech parts

1. burning - Noun

2. burning - Adjective

3. burning - Verb

5. burning - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Burn

That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.

The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

combustion fire flaming blazing hot intense heated burn lit burnt eager passionate incandescent glowing fiery
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Antonyms

siberian arctic bard northern iceman needless
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Hypernyms

pain execution oxidation torture hurting torturing.

Hyponyms

fire flaming firing lighting flame ignition

Phrases with the word

burning question are your ears burning wood-burning stove ears are burning burning out burning daylight

Anagrams

Bruning

Examples

Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash. Leonard Cohen

Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat. Harry Emerson Fosdick

There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. Joseph Brodsky

The death of an elderly man is like a burning library. Ivorian Proverb

A thief's hat is burning. Russian Proverb

Burning the candle at both ends. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

burniebee burninate burnination burning at the stake burning bar burning boat