- flaring⇄adj. 1. burning with a broad, irregular flame; flaming.
Ex. flaring tapers brightening as they waste (Oliver Goldsmith).
2. (Figurative.) showy; gaudy.
Ex. The modern building had a sort of flaring beauty.
3. spreading or curvin - flaring⇄adv. flaringly.
- flaring⇄flaring, adjective, noun.
- flaring⇄noun the practice of burning unwanted natural gas that has been piped off from an oil well during oil production.