blazing has definitions from the field of chemistry
1
[ adjective ] shining intensely

Examples

"the blazing sun" "blinding headlights" "dazzling snow" "fulgent patterns of sunlight" "the glaring sun"

Used in print

(T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)

For three days , their stolid oxen had plodded up a blazing valley as flat and featureless as a dead sea .

Related terms

bright

2
[ adjective ] lighted up by or as by fire or flame

Examples

"forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning" "even the car's tires were aflame" "candles alight on the tables" "blazing logs in the fireplace" "a burning cigarette" "a flaming crackling fire" "houses on fire"

Related terms

lighted

3
[ adjective ] without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

Examples

"open disregard of the law" "open family strife" "open hostility" "a blatant appeal to vanity" "a blazing indiscretion"

Related terms

unconcealed

4
[ noun ] (chemistry) a strong flame that burns brightly

Synonyms

blaze

Examples

"the blaze spread rapidly"

Related terms

fire blaze

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