burning
pronunciation
How to pronounce burning in British English:
UK [ˈbɜːnɪŋ]
How to pronounce burning in American English:
US [ˈbɜːrnɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the act of burning something
- pain that feels hot as if it were on fire
- a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light
- execution by electricity
- execution by fire
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- Adjective:
- producing or having a painfully hot sensation
- intensely hot
- characterized by intense emotion
- lighted up by or as by fire or flame
- of immediate import
- consuming fuel; used in combination
Word Origin
- burning (adj.)
- Old English in the literal sense; c. 1300 figurative, present participle adjective from burn (v.)). Burning question matches French question brûlante, German brennende Frage. Burning bush is from Exodus III. Burning glass is attested from 1560s.
Synonym
exhilarated ardent excited feverish fervid animated intense passionate frenzied enthusiastic intensely impassioned eager hot fervent stimulated
glaring twinkling luminous incandescent aglow flashing gleaming sparkling glowing illuminated flickering fluttering lighted alight aglitter brilliant agleam glittering shimmering radiant
galled seething wroth heated irate irritated chafed riled violent flared wrathful very burnt angry raging tempestuous vexed piqued infuriated up nettled desperate furious worked fuming enraged ranting vehement incensed
Example
- 1. Plumes of black smoke rose from burning industrial plants .
- 2. Fortunately , he was saved from his burning plane by a group of nuns from a nearby convent .
- 3. When coal deliveries are irregular the power station starts burning wood .
- 4. The only decision is to leave the burning helicopter .
- 5. They inhabit all the continents from frosty antarctica to burning australia .