flame

/fleɪm/ v [I/T] (SHOW ANGER)

Definition

› to show anger by turning red: [I] His face flamed and he started stammering. › If you flame someone you disagree with, you send insulting electronic messages about that person over the Internet: [T] He was flamed by several other people in the chat room.

(Definition of flame v (SHOW ANGER) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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