 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ablaze
adjective
1: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"-
Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {aflame},
{aroused}, {turned on(p)}]
2: lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze
(or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were
aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight
on the tables"; "blazing logs in the fireplace"; "a
burning cigarette"; "a flaming crackling fire"; "houses on
fire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {afire(p)}, {aflame(p)}, {aflare(p)},
{alight(p)}, {blazing}, {burning}, {flaming}, {on fire(p)}]
3: resembling flame in brilliance or color; "maple trees ablaze
in autumn"; "flaming autumn leaves" [syn: {flaming}]
4: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze
with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at
sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: {ablaze(p)},
{inflamed}, {reddened}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ablaze \A*blaze"\, adverb & a. [Pref. a- + blaze.]
1. On fire; in a blaze, gleaming. --Milman.
All ablaze with crimson and gold. --Longfellow.
2. In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
The young Cambridge democrats were all ablaze to
assist Torrijos. --Carlyle.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
99 Moby Thesaurus words for "ablaze":
afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, alight, ardent, bathed with light,
bespangled, blazing, boiling over, breathless, brightened, burning,
candent, candescent, candlelit, comburent, conflagrant, cordial,
delirious, drunk, enlightened, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant,
febrile, fervent, fervid, fevered, feverish, fiery, firelit,
flagrant, flaming, flaring, flashing, flashy, flickering, flushed,
fulgurant, fulgurating, fuming, gaslit, glowing, guttering, hearty,
heated, hot, ignescent, ignited, illuminated, impassioned,
in a blaze, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, inflamed, intense,
intoxicated, irradiate, irradiated, keen, kindled, lamplit,
lanternlit, lighted, lightened, lit, lit up, live, lively, living,
luminous, meteoric, moonlit, on fire, passionate, red-hot, reeking,
scintillant, scintillating, smoking, smoldering, spangled,
sparking, star-spangled, star-studded, starlit, steaming, steamy,
studded, sunlit, tinseled, unextinguished, unquenched,
unrestrained, vigorous, warm, zealous
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