🔥burning

Meaning

producing flames or intense heat; also used metaphorically for intense emotions or urgency

The process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (typically) smoke.

Example Sentences

They escaped from the burning building just in time.

Burning garbage exacerbates air pollution.

Example Expressions

burning question

Synonyms

blazing, fiery, flaming, intense, passionate, incineration, combustion

Entry 1

blazing, fiery, flaming, intense, passionate

Entry 2

incineration, combustion

Antonyms

cold, calm, extinguished, extinguishing, cooling

Entry 1

cold, calm, extinguished

Entry 2

extinguishing, cooling

Collocations

burning desire, burning issue, burning pain, burning sensation

More Example Sentences

My eyes are burning.

We saved the food from burning.

He prevented the food from burning.

We accidentally ended up burning the toast.

If you ask me what kind of pain it is, I would say it is a burning sensation.