fanned
Spread like peacock
Fanned is the past tense of fan.
To fan is to move air toward something, originally with a handheld fan: She fanned herself in the heat.
By extension, to fan flames is to intensify them—literally or figuratively: The rumors fanned public outrage.
To fan out is to spread in a widening pattern: The search party fanned out across the field.
Intense emotional intensity
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
- buzzContinuous low drone
mania · enthusiasm · fever · stirred · inflamed · stoked · agitated · roused
Light, gentle air movement
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- waftDrift on air
- circulationMovement through a system
- air-conditionedMechanically temperature-regulated
refreshed · breezy · ventilated · draft · puff · breath · blow · current
Opened and displayed
- splayedSpread awkwardly apart
- radiatedEmitted energy outward
- extendedLengthened in time or space
- expandedMade larger or wider
stretched · opened · arrayed · displayed · outspread · sprawled · unfolded · widened
fervor
Intense emotional intensity
- frenzyViolent mental agitation
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
- hypeExaggerated promotional fanfare
buzz · mania · enthusiasm · fever · stirred · inflamed · stoked · agitated · roused · incited
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
- ventilationCirculation of fresh air
- waftDrift on air
- circulationMovement through a system
air-conditioned · refreshed · breezy · ventilated · draft · puff · breath · blow · current · wind
unfurled
Opened and displayed
expanded · stretched · opened · arrayed · displayed · outspread · sprawled · unfolded · widened · flared
kindling
Material for starting fires
burning · igniting · smoldering · embers · sparks · fire · combustion · bellows · coals · pyromaniac
fanbase
Collective devoted audience
- followersPeople who support someone
- admirersPeople who appreciate someone
- devoteesPassionate adherents
groupies · stans · autographs · idol · star · paparazzi · entourage · fawning · adulation · screaming
fannedunfanned
Not agitated by air
still · stagnant · unventilated · stuffy · airless
fannedextinguished
Made to stop burning
quenched · smothered · doused · suppressed · dampened
- fanning the flamesWorsening a volatile situation
- fanning the fireIncreasing combustion with air
- fanned the flamesIntensified a volatile situation
- fanned outSpread from center outward
- fanning outSpreading from center outward
- fanned the fireIncreased combustion with air