afire
adjective
1 afire
Lighted up by or as by fire or flame:
— Forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning.
synonyms: ablaze, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire.
Roget 382:
hot,
warm,
mild,
genial,
tepid,
lukewarm,
unfrozen;
thermal,
thermic;
calorific;
fervent,
fervid;
ardent;
aglow.
sunny,
torrid,
tropical,
estival†,
canicular†,
steamy;
close,
sultry,
stifling,
stuffy,
suffocating,
oppressive;
reeking
etc.
v.;
baking
etc.
384.
red hot,
white hot,
smoking hot,
burning
etc.
v..
hot,
piping hot;
like a furnace,
like an oven;
burning,
hot as fire,
hot as pepper;
hot enough to roast an ox,
hot enough to boil an egg.
fiery;
incandescent,
incalescent†;
candent†,
ebullient,
glowing,
smoking;
live;
on fire;
dazzling
etc.
v.;
in flames,
blazing,
in a blaze;
alight,
afire,
ablaze;
unquenched,
unextinguished†;
smoldering;
in a heat,
in a glow,
in a fever,
in a perspiration,
in a sweat;
sudorific†;
sweltering,
sweltered;
blood hot,
blood warm;
warm as a toast,
warm as wool.
volcanic,
plutonic,
igneous;
isothermal†,
isothermic†,
isotheral†.
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Moby thesaurus: abandoned, ablaze, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, blazing, boiling over, breathless, burning, candent, candescent, comburent, committed, conflagrant, cordial, dedicated, delirious, devoted, devout, drunk, earnest, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, faithful, febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, fired, flagrant, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, fuming, glowing, guttering, hearty, heated, hot, hot-blooded, ignescent, ignited, impassioned, in a blaze, in a glow, in earnest, in flames, incandescent, inflamed, inspired, intense, intent, intent on, intoxicated, keen, kindled, live, lively, living, loyal, on fire, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, reeking, resolute, scintillant, scintillating, serious, sincere, smoking, smoldering, sparking, spirited, steaming, steamy, unextinguished, unquenched, unrestrained, vehement, vigorous, warm, white-hot, zealous ... show more.
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