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burning

adjective
  1. On fire: ablaze, afire, aflame, alight 2, conflagrant, fiery, flaming. Idioms: in a blaze, in flames. See hot
  2. Marked by much heat: ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, broiling, fiery, heated, hot, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sizzling, sultry, sweltering, torrid. See hot
  3. Characterized by intense emotion and activity: fervid, fevered, feverish, heated, hectic. See excite, feelings, hot
  4. Fired with intense feeling: ardent, blazing, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid. See feelings
  5. Compelling immediate attention: crying, dire, emergent, exigent, imperative, instant, pressing, urgent. See big

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