aflame /əˈfleɪm/adjective 3adverb 3verb 2forms 5 adjective3 •With flames coming from it; burning, flaming, in flames, on fire.Workmen employed in the alcohol plant rushed out, their clothing aflames^([sic – meaning aflame]) and many groping their way, blinded by the fire. — 1930 •(figurative) In a state of great activity or emotion (anger, excitement, etc.).She said nothing and simply stared at him, eyes aflame. •(figurative) Having the colour of a flame.In autumn the trees are aflame with colour. adverb3 •Often preceded by set: in or into flames; so as to be burned by fire.Thou wert the baite that Paris gave the dame, / Who in reward, set stately Troy aflame. — 1576 •(figurative) In or into a colour like that of a flame.The low sun had set aflame the numerous windows of a large building which turned slowly, demonstrating one huge chimney, then another, as the train clattered by. — 1938 •(figurative) In or into a state of great activity or emotion (anger, excitement, etc.).He who sent (If He sent) all those hearts aflame? — 1918 verb2 •Chiefly in the present participle: to be in flames or on fire; to blaze, to flare up.[A]s regards Prince Yusuf, when Ibn Ibrahim left him, he felt love-lowe aflaming in his heart, […] — 1888 •Synonym of inflame (“to set (something) on fire; (figurative) to intensify or kindle (a feeling, such as appetite or passion); to intensify or kindle a feeling in (someone)”).So that we might serve God, / confirmed from above, / she [the Holy Spirit] tests us with fire / and aflames us with love. — 2002 formsaflamed · aflaming · aflames · more aflame · most aflame
