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# flaming

«flaming» in Mova's school dictionary: **a softer stand-in for «bloody» to show annoyance: «that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (flaming; before nouns in the swearing sense); adverb (flaming — slang intensifier); verb form (flame, flames, flamed, flaming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (mild swearing, mainly UK, Ireland, Australia) a softer stand-in for «bloody» to show annoyance: «that flaming dog». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#m1)

2) (literal) burning with flames: «a flaming torch». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#m2)

3) bright red or orange like fire: «flaming red hair». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#m3)

4) very angry or violent: «a flaming row». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#m4)

5) (internet) sending angry, insulting messages online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday British and Australian talk «flaming» is a gentle swear word that lets people show anger without being too rude; it is old-fashioned and can sound comic. The literal fire sense is common in stories and science; the internet sense in safety lessons.

### examples

- Turn that flaming telly off! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x1)
- Where are my flaming keys? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x2)
- The knight carried a flaming torch into the cave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x3)
- She has flaming red hair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x4)
- They had a flaming row about the washing-up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x5)
- The flaming sun set behind the hills. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x6)
- Flaming heck, it's cold out here! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x7)
- Our online-safety lesson said flaming other users is a form of bullying. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x8)
- At first it was quite dark, and the flaming torch only lit up dirty grey stone walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/#x9)

### note

Trap: «flaming» before a noun can mean annoying (swearing) or literally on fire; check the context. As swearing it is mild but not for school work. Plain word in the swearing sense: annoying, damn. In science, «flaming» means producing flames.

### In the corpora

- [Who makest winds Thy messengers, the flaming fire Thy ministers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1827/)
- [He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1893/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flaming» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flaming/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.