inflame

[ in-fleym ]

/ ɪnˈfleɪm /

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verb (used with object), in·flamed, in·flam·ing.

to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).

to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling: His harangue inflamed the rabble.

to incite or rouse, as to violence: His words inflamed the angry mob to riot.

(of an emotion, as rage) to cause to redden or grow heated: Uncontrollable rage inflamed his face.

to cause inflammation in: Her eyes were inflamed with crying.

to raise (the blood, bodily tissue, etc.) to a morbid or feverish heat.

to set aflame, ablaze, or afire; set on fire.

to redden with or as with flames: The setting sun inflames the sky.

verb (used without object), in·flamed, in·flam·ing.

to burst into flame; take fire.

to be kindled, as passion.

to become hot with passion, as the heart.

to become excessively affected with inflammation.

OPPOSITES FOR inflame

2 cool, soothe.

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Also en·flame

[en-fleym] /ɛnˈfleɪm/ .

Origin of inflame

First recorded in 1300–50; in-² + flame; replacing Middle English enflammen, from Middle French enflammer, from Latin inflammāre “to kindle”

synonym study for inflame

1-3. See incite. 7. See kindle¹.

OTHER WORDS FROM inflame

in·flam·ed·ness

[in-fley-mid-nis], /ɪnˈfleɪ mɪd nɪs/, nounin·flam·er, nounin·flam·ing·ly, adverbre·in·flame, verb, re·in·flamed, re·in·flam·ing.

un·in·flamed, adjective

How to use inflame in a sentence

Social scientists and critics borrowed the image, too, noting how covid inflamed preexisting social tensions and inequities.
The virus caused more than a pandemic. It set us all ablaze.|Philip Kennicott|February 5, 2021|Washington Post
This suggests the sac that protects their heart had been inflamed.
Teen athletes with even mild COVID-19 can develop heart problems|Partho Sengupta|November 18, 2020|Science News For Students
We saw how such provocative actions only inflamed passions and escalated the unrest.
Awaiting the Grand Jury, Dread in Ferguson and America|Gene Robinson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And that small concession by Abe inflamed critics in Japan, who called it “a losing strategy.”
Beijing’s ‘Star Trek’ APEC Summit|Jake Adelstein|November 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

An earache in a child with a perfectly normal exam is more difficult to figure out than one with a bulging and inflamed eardrum.
DEA's Painkiller Crackdown Too Little, Too Late?|Russell Saunders|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Nowadays, however, even those who sympathize with Palestinian grievances steer clear of the more inflamed areas.
The Gaza War Has Left Jerusalem More Divided Than Ever|Peter Schwartzstein|August 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But will adding the real military defuse a situation many say has been inflamed by aggressive police?
Can the National Guard Really Help Calm an Already Militarized Ferguson?|Jacob Siegel|August 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was a man of no mean mental acquirements, but passionate and often inflamed by inebriety.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Barbaroux was just the man to have his whole soul inflamed by an enterprise of such grandeur.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
On the 2d day the incisions were inflamed and there was a pale inflammatory stain around them.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae|Edward Jenner
The inflamed parts were fomented, and dressings were applied by some of the same persons who were employed in milking the cows.
An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae|Edward Jenner

British Dictionary definitions for inflame

inflame

/ (ɪnˈfleɪm) /

verb

to arouse or become aroused to violent emotion

(tr) to increase or intensify; aggravate

to produce inflammation in (a tissue, organ, or part) or (of a tissue, etc) to become inflamed

to set or be set on fire; kindle

(tr) to cause to redden

Derived forms of inflame

inflamer, nouninflamingly, adverb

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