inflammable
[in-flam-uh-buhl]
adjective
capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable.
easily aroused or excited, as to passion or anger; irascible: an inflammable disposition.
noun
something inflammable.
Origin of inflammable
Synonyms for inflammable
Usage note
Inflammable and flammable both mean “combustible.” Inflammable is the older by about 200 years. Flammable now has certain technical uses, particularly as a warning on vehicles carrying combustible materials, because of a belief that some might interpret the intensive prefix in- of inflammable as a negative prefix and thus think the word means “noncombustible.” Inflammable is the word more usually used in nontechnical and figurative contexts: The speaker ignited the inflammable emotions of the crowd.
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Related Words for inflammable
combustible, dangerous, flammable, hazardous, incendiary, risky, unsafe, burnable, ignitableExamples from the Web for inflammable
Historical Examples of inflammable
Her heart seemed not easy to reach; her impulses were not inflammable.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
Somewhere it would finally reach wood; that was inflammable.
The Mind MasterArthur J. Burks
The remainder was inflammable, and burned with a blue flame.
Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of AirJoseph Priestley
Especially, if you both have inflammable tempers, do not both get mad at once.
The Wedding RingT. De Witt Talmage
Like oxygen, it supports the combustion of some inflammable substances.
A Treatise on Domestic EconomyCatherine Esther Beecher
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