flaming
Sending hostile messages
Flaming describes something on fire or resembling fire: flaming torches, flaming red hair.
As an intensifier, it expresses anger or emphasis: a flaming idiot, What a flaming mess.
In internet culture, flaming is attacking someone with hostile, abusive messages: The comment section devolved into flaming.
Flaming is also a slur for ostentatiously effeminate gay men.
Combustion with flames
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
- embersSmoldering fire remnants
ignite · torch · engulf · smolder · scorch · char · incinerate · singe
Intensely hot or passionate
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- impassionedFilled with intense emotion
fierce · zealous · passionate · heated · explosive · furious · raging · burning
Emitting or reflecting light
- brilliantIntensely bright or gifted
- vibrantFull of life, intensity
- radiantEmitting light or joy
- glowingGiving off steady light
blazing · luminous · dazzling · colorful · saturated · bold · garish · flashy
Shockingly bad or excessive
- obviousEasily perceived, unmistakable
- blatantOffensively conspicuous
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
campy · flagrant · conspicuous · unmistakable · glaring
Deliberate online antagonist
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- insultOffensive remark or action
- attackAggressive act against another
- rantAngry prolonged outburst
abuse · hostility · argument · provocation · cyberbullying · vitriol · tirade · toxicity
fire
Combustion with flames
- blazeIntense burning fire
- infernoDevastating, uncontrollable blaze
- combustionExothermic reaction with oxygen
embers · ignite · torch · engulf · smolder · scorch · char · incinerate · singe · pyre
fiery
Intensely hot or passionate
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- vehementIntensely forceful in feeling
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
impassioned · fierce · zealous · passionate · heated · explosive · furious · raging · burning · scorching
bright
Emitting or reflecting light
glowing · blazing · luminous · dazzling · colorful · saturated · bold · garish · flashy · striking
outrageous
Shockingly bad or excessive
- obviousEasily perceived, unmistakable
- blatantOffensively conspicuous
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
theatrical · campy · flagrant · conspicuous · unmistakable · glaring
troll
Deliberate online antagonist
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
- insultOffensive remark or action
- attackAggressive act against another
rant · abuse · hostility · argument · provocation · cyberbullying · vitriol · tirade · toxicity · aggression
- fire statesablaze, afire, alight, blazing, burning
- online actionsposting, click, commenting, tap, replying
- tech slangnoob, AFK, pwned, IRL, leet
- on fireablaze, alight, blazing, burning, engulfed
- combustionburning, fire triangle, ignition source, oxygen, fuel supply
- British Exclamationsblimey, bloody hell, crikey, cor blimey, strewth
flamingextinguished
Made to stop burning
doused · quenched · smothered · dead · suffocated
flamingcold
Low temperature state
dispassionate · unemotional · cool · impassive · emotionless
- flaming outFailing publicly and dramatically
- flaming swordsWeapons set ablaze
- flaming hot
- flaming madExtremely angry state
- flaming heartSymbol of passionate love
- flaming upBeginning to burn fiercely