ablaze
/əˈbleɪz/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.93 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
adv
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "The canoe, a dim shadowy thing, moves across the black water, / Bearing a torch ablaze at the prow."
- "So Wang and Tiger’s men rushed into such houses as were not too ablaze and they began to drag out booty of silken pieces and yards of cloth and garments and anything they could carry."
- "Tony Stark makes you feel He’s a cool exec with a heart of steel. As Iron Man, all jets ablaze, He’s fighting and smiting with repulsor rays! Amazing armor! That’s Iron Man! A blazing power! That’s Iron Man!"
- "Mario Balotelli, in the headlines for accidentally setting his house ablaze with fireworks, put City on their way with goals either side of the interval as United struggled to contain the array of attacking talent in front of them."
- "The Heav’ns are all a-blaze, the face of night Is cover’d with a sanguine dreadful light:"
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English blaze English ablaze From a- (“on, in”) + blaze (“flame”).
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbleɪz/
Inflected Forms
more ablaze (comparative)
most ablaze (superlative)