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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 | ||
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