| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. On fire: ablaze, afire, aflame, alight2, burning, conflagrant, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See HOT. 2. Marked by much heat: ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, burning, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See HOT. 3. Fired with intense feeling: ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See FEELINGS. 4. Full of or characterized by a lively, emphatic, eager quality: high-spirited, mettlesome, peppery, spirited, vibrant. Informal : snappy. See ACTION, FEELINGS.
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