flaring

Meaning of flaring

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. burn or shine with a sudden intensity.
    the bonfire crackled and flared up
    behind him, lightning flared
  2. gradually become wider at one end.
    the dress flared out into a huge train

mid 16th century (in the sense ‘spread out one's hair’): of unknown origin. Current senses date from the 17th century.

Information about flaring

  • It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of flaring

flar-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • flaring is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

flaring synonyms

Meaning flared:

flared

Meaning aflare:

aflare, flying, waving

Meaning shine brightly or powerfully:

blaze

Meaning shine in a bright but brief, sudden, or intermittent way:

flash

Meaning burn and give off flames:

flame

Meaning shine brightly, especially with reflected light:

gleam

Meaning have an intense colour and a slight shine:

glow

Meaning (of something wet or greasy) shine with a sparkling light:

glisten

Meaning shine brightly with flashes of light:

sparkle

Meaning shine with a bright, shimmering reflected light:

glitter

Meaning (of light or a source of light) shine unsteadily; vary rapidly in brightness:

flicker

Meaning shine faintly with a wavering light:

glimmer

Meaning emit flashes of light; sparkle:

scintillate

Meaning (of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood:

burn

Translation of flaring

Words that rhyme with flaring

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