FLARING Synonyms

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• characterized by intense emotion

• like or suggestive of fire

• passionate or quick-tempered

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• informal intensifiers

• passionate or quick-tempered

• the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface

• highly enthusiastic

• emitting light as a result of being heated

• characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance

• radiating or as if radiating light

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• marked by exceptional merit

• made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow

• reflecting light

• used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

• a rapid change in brightness; a brief spark or flash

• shining with brilliant points of light like stars

• start abruptly

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• start to burn or burst into flames

• break out

• become active and spew forth lava and rocks

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• appear on the skin

• become raw or open

• a natural talent

• distinctive and stylish elegance

• a shape that spreads outward

• the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often) smoke

• shine with a sudden light

• be in flames or aflame

• criticize harshly, usually via an electronic medium

• a sudden intense burst of radiant energy

• a momentary brightness

• a short vivid experience

• a sudden brilliant understanding

• a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

• a gaudy outward display

• a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate

• a short news announcement concerning some on-going news story

• a bright patch of color used for decoration or identification

• a lamp for providing momentary light to take a photograph

• tastelessly showy

• gleam or glow intermittently

• appear briefly

• display proudly; act ostentatiously or pretentiously

• make known or cause to appear with great speed

• run or move very quickly or hastily

• expose or show briefly

• protect by covering with a thin sheet of metal

• emit a brief burst of light

• enter uninvited

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

• burn brightly

• open with force

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• burn brightly

• use up (energy)

• burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

• give sudden release to an expression

• erupt or intensify suddenly

• appear suddenly or unexpectedly; happen unexpectedly

• burn brightly

• become ignited

• become flared and widen, usually at one end