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Aflame

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Adjective

1. ablaze, aflame, aroused

keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement

Example Sentences:
'his face all ablaze with excitement'
'he was aflame with desire'

2. ablaze, afire, aflame, aflare, alight, on fire

lighted up by or as by fire or flame

Example Sentences:
'forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning'
'even the car's tires were aflame'
'a night aflare with fireworks'
'candles alight on the tables'
'houses on fire'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Aflame

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adverb, adjective (postpositive)
1. 
in flames; ablaze
2. 
deeply aroused, as with passion
he was aflame with desire
3. 
(of the face) red or inflamed

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Aflame

see synonyms of aflame
adverb, adjective
1. 
in flames; burning
2. 
glowing
aflame with color
3. 
greatly excited

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Aflame

see synonyms of aflame
adv. & adj.
1. On or as if on fire.
2. Keenly excited and interested.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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