different between flaming vs irritated
flaming
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fle?m??/
- Rhymes: -e?m??
Adjective
flaming (comparative more flaming, superlative most flaming)
- On fire with visible flames.
- The flaming debris kept the firefighter well back, and the sparks threatened the neighborhood.
- 2011, Stephanie Owen Reeder, Amazing Grace: An Adventure at Sea (page 76)
- On Christmas Day, the pudding was served piping hot, with flaming brandy on top.
- Very bright and the color of flame.
- (colloquial) Extremely obvious; visibly evident. Typically of a homosexual male.
- To call him a flaming homosexual would be an understatement, but I think he acts that way just to see people react.
- (Britain, colloquial) Damned, bloody.
- I wasted three hours in that flaming traffic jam!
Translations
Verb
flaming
- present participle of flame
Noun
flaming (plural flamings)
- An emission or application of fire; act of burning with flames.
- 1950, Market Growers Journal (volume 79, page 12)
- The burning is done before the crop has come up, and usually two flamings are necessary to kill all weeds […]
- 1950, Market Growers Journal (volume 79, page 12)
- Sterilization by holding an object in a hot flame.
- (Internet slang) Vitriolic criticism.
- You can expect a flaming if you post irrelevant spam to a newsgroup.
See also
- flame war
- flame bait
Polish
Etymology
From Portuguese flamingo, from Spanish flamengo (“flame colored”), from Provençal flama (“flame”), from Latin flamma (“flame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fla.m?ink/
Noun
flaming m anim
- flamingo
Declension
flaming From the web:
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- what flamingo
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irritated
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /????te?t?d/
- Hyphenation: ir?ri?tat?ed
Verb
irritated
- simple past tense and past participle of irritate
Adjective
irritated (comparative more irritated, superlative most irritated)
- Experiencing a feeling of irritation.
- (pathology) Inflamed and painful.
Synonyms
- (experiencing a feeling of irritation): annoyed
Translations
irritated From the web:
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- what irritated si joint
- what irritated jerome to a great extent
- what irritated jerome the most
- what irritated jerome
- what irritated the lion
- what irritated the doctor about the man
- what irritated george and harris
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