inflammatory

[ in-flam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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adjective
  1. tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.

  2. Pathology. of or caused by inflammation.

Origin of inflammatory

1
First recorded in 1725–35; from Latin inflammāt(us) “kindled” (past participle of inflammāre “to kindle”; see inflame) + -ory1

Other words for inflammatory

Other words from inflammatory

  • in·flam·ma·to·ri·ly, adverb
  • non·in·flam·ma·to·ry, adjective
  • sub·in·flam·ma·to·ry, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for inflammatory

inflammatory

/ (ɪnˈflæmətərɪ, -trɪ) /


adjective
  1. characterized by or caused by inflammation

  2. tending to arouse violence, strong emotion, etc

Derived forms of inflammatory

  • inflammatorily, adverb

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