What does ablaze mean?

ablaze means "keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ablaze?

ablaze has 2 syllables: a-blaze. The stress falls on "blaze". In IPA it is /əˈbleɪz/.

What is another word for ablaze?

Close synonyms include aflame, aroused, afire, aflame, aflare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ablaze a common word?

ablaze is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ablaze?

2 words rhyme with ablaze. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

ablaze — meaning, pronunciation and 4 definitions

adjective

4 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
“his face all ablaze with excitement”
“he was aflame with desire”
Synonymsaflame aroused
Similarpassionate
2.
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
“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”
Synonymsafire aflame aflare alight on fire
Similarlighted
3.
resembling flame in brilliance or color
“maple trees ablaze in autumn”
Similarcolorful
4.
lighted with red light as if with flames
“streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees”
“the inflamed clouds at sunset”
“reddened faces around the campfire”
Synonymsinflamed reddened
Similarlight

Other forms of ablaze

comparative: ablazer·
superlative: ablazest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ablaze

What does ablaze mean?: ablaze means "keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in ablaze?: ablaze has 2 syllables: a-blaze. The stress falls on "blaze". In IPA it is /əˈbleɪz/.
What is another word for ablaze?: Close synonyms include aflame, aroused, afire, aflame, aflare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is ablaze a common word?: ablaze is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with ablaze?: 2 words rhyme with ablaze. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for ablaze come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

4 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
“his face all ablaze with excitement”
“he was aflame with desire”
Synonymsaflame aroused
Similarpassionate
2.
lighted up by or as by fire or flame
“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”
Synonymsafire aflame aflare alight on fire
Similarlighted
3.
resembling flame in brilliance or color
“maple trees ablaze in autumn”
Similarcolorful
4.
lighted with red light as if with flames
“streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees”
“the inflamed clouds at sunset”
“reddened faces around the campfire”
Synonymsinflamed reddened
Similarlight

Other forms of ablaze

comparative: ablazer·
superlative: ablazest·

Questions about ablaze

What does ablaze mean?: ablaze means "keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in ablaze?: ablaze has 2 syllables: a-blaze. The stress falls on "blaze". In IPA it is /əˈbleɪz/.
What is another word for ablaze?: Close synonyms include aflame, aroused, afire, aflame, aflare. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is ablaze a common word?: ablaze is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.
What rhymes with ablaze?: 2 words rhyme with ablaze. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.

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