ablaze
pronunciation
How to pronounce ablaze in British English:
UK [əˈbleɪz]
How to pronounce ablaze in American English:
US [əˈbleɪz]
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- Adjective:
- keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- resembling flame in brilliance or color
- lighted with red light as if with flames
Word Origin
- ablaze (adv.)
- late 14c., from a "on" (see a- (1)) + blaze (n.).
Synonym
stimulated inspired perfervid excited animated ardent impassioned fervent intensely aroused enlivened fervid desirous enthusiastic intense passionate exhilarated frenzied eager
Example
- 1. Mr greenberg may be correct that aig was well built ( although I differ on that ) but it was indisputably ablaze .
- 2. The suspected shooter was found dead near the property that was set ablaze in the town of webster , a community outside the city of rochester , police officials said .
- 3. A nuclear plant and petrochemical complex are among multiple sites set ablaze .
- 4. Jennifer s. altman , a freelance photographer , took this picture of the towers ablaze , and far , far below them , one woman wearing an expression of pure horror .
- 5. If western capitalism is ablaze , the flames will sooner or later lick at asia 's door .