ablaze

1. 1

   Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.

   • 1791, The Bee, Volume 4, Short Chronicle of Events, 27 July, 1791, p. v, On entering the walls which surround the house, then all ablaze, a most dreadful conflict took place […]
2. 2

   Radiant with bright light and color.

   • The Heav’ns are all a-blaze, the face of night Is cover’d with a sanguine dreadful light:
   • All ablaze with crimson and gold.
3. 3

   In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.

   • c. 1680, uncredited translator, An Essay upon the Action of an Orator by Michel Le Faucheur, London: Nicholas Cox, pp. 184-185, And this Fire of your Eyes easily strikes those of your Auditors, who have theirs constantly fixt upon yours; an

syn. afire · aflame

1. 1

   On fire; in a blaze.

   • […] with the spontaneous combustion the house smouldered ablaze.
2. 2

   Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.

3. 3

   In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.