dying flame
Light almost gone
A dying flame is a fire in its final moments, flickering weakly before going out.
The phrase almost always carries metaphorical weight—hope, passion, love, or life itself fading away: She tried to rekindle the dying flame of their relationship.
A dying flame suggests something worth preserving that may soon be lost entirely.
- flickeringShining unsteadily, intermittently
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
- fadingGradual loss of intensity
- smolderingBurning slowly, no flame
- wickFuel-drawing cord
flickering light · candle · burning out · extinguish · going out · dimming · glow · last light · ash · smoke · sputter · waning · last breath · guttering · snuffing · twilight · warmth · feeble
dying flametowering flames
wildfire · conflagration · crackling fire · bonfire · firestorm
dying flameburning passion
kindling fire · eternal flame · fire in the belly · burning desire · inner fire
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