Definition of burning
(adj)
of
immediate import; "burning issues of the day"
pain that feels hot as if it were on
fire
(adj)
foul and
run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the
edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded
apartment in the poorest
part of town"; "squalid
living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns"
