ablaze
Engulfed in flames
Ablaze means on fire or lit up brilliantly: The building was ablaze within minutes.
It extends to anything radiating intense light or color: The autumn trees were ablaze with red and gold.
Figuratively, ablaze describes passionate intensity: eyes ablaze with anger, a city ablaze with excitement.
Devastating, uncontrollable blaze
- flamesVisible burning combustion
- bonfireLarge outdoor fire
- fireCombustion with flames
- conflagrationLarge destructive blaze
engulf · pyre · embers · smolder · ignite · combustion · scorch · char
Emitting light or joy
- luminousEmitting or reflecting light
- aglowEmitting gentle radiance
- gleamingReflecting light brightly
- shimmeringGleaming with wavering light
incandescent · glowing · bright · brilliant · lit · fiery · lambent · effulgent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- zealousPassionately eager and active
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
inflamed · heated · intense · burning · fired-up · enthusiastic · vehement · spirited
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- vibrantFull of life, intensity
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- resplendentImpressively beautiful, richly shining
glittering · sparkling · colorful · spectacular · eye-catching · luminous · electric · intense
inferno
Devastating, uncontrollable blaze
conflagration · engulf · pyre · embers · smolder · ignite · combustion · scorch · char · incinerate
radiant
Emitting light or joy
shimmering · incandescent · glowing · bright · brilliant · lit · fiery · lambent · effulgent · resplendent
fervent
Intensely and sincerely felt
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
- zealousPassionately eager and active
fiery · inflamed · heated · intense · burning · fired-up · enthusiastic · vehement · spirited · animated
dazzling
Overwhelmingly bright or impressive
resplendent · glittering · sparkling · colorful · spectacular · eye-catching · luminous · electric · intense · bedazzled
- fire statesafire, aflame, alight, burning, flaming
- fire idiomsplay with fire, fight fire with fire, fan the flames, add fuel to fire, on fire
- on firealight, burning, engulfed, flaming, ignited
- A- wordsamoral, apathy, atheist, atypical, asymmetric
- lightsunlight, daylight, shine, rays, moonlight
ablazeextinguished
Made to stop burning
quenched · doused · smothered · put out · suffocated
ablazeapathetic
Without feeling or concern
passionless · unexcited · indifferent · unenthusiastic · dispassionate
- set the world ablazeAchieve extraordinary widespread impact