English adjective: ablaze | |||
1. | ablaze keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement | ||
Samples | His face all ablaze with excitement. He was aflame with desire. | ||
Synonyms | aflame, aroused | ||
Similar | passionate | ||
Antonyms | passionless | ||
2. | ablaze lighted up by or as by fire or flame | ||
Samples | Forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning. Even the car's tires were aflame. A night aflare with fireworks. Candles alight on the tables. Houses on fire. | ||
Synonyms | afire, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire | ||
Similar | lighted, lit | ||
Antonyms | unlighted, unlit | ||
3. | ablaze resembling flame in brilliance or color | ||
Samples | Maple trees ablaze in autumn. | ||
Similar | colorful, colourful | ||
Antonyms | colorless, colourless | ||
4. | ablaze lighted with red light as if with flames | ||
Samples | Streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees. The inflamed clouds at sunset. Reddened faces around the campfire. | ||
Synonyms | inflamed, reddened | ||
Similar | light | ||
Antonyms | dark | ||