different between blazing vs flammable

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ble?z??/
• Rhymes: -e?z??

Verb

blazing

1. present participle of blaze

Adjective

blazing (not comparable)

1. (informal) Very fast.
2. (slang, of a person) Sexually attractive.

   The actress, with her perfectly-curved body, was simply blazing in her new movie!

3. Of tremendous intensity or fervor; white-hot.

   It was a performance of blazing ferocity.

4. (informal) Exceedingly angry.

   The divorced couple had a blazing row.

See also

• trail-blazing

Translations

Noun

blazing (plural blazings)

1. The act of something that blazes or burns.

   the blazings of many fires

English

Etymology

Back-formation from inflammable, which is used to avoid confusion with non-flammable, as the prefix in- is often used to mean "un-; non-", although it was originally meant in a sense closely related to en-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?flæm?b?l/

Adjective

flammable (comparative more flammable, superlative most flammable)

1. Capable of burning, especially a liquid.
2. Easily set on fire.
3. Subject to easy ignition and rapid flaming combustion.

Synonyms

• inflammable (in the original sense)

Antonyms

• inflammable (in the newer sense)
• non-flammable, nonflammable
• noninflammable

Translations

Noun

flammable (plural flammables)

1. Any flammable substance.