Inflame

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The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To arouse to passionate feeling or action: crimes that inflamed the entire community.
  • v. To make more violent; intensify: "inflamed to madness an already savage natureā€ ( Robert Graves).
  • v. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
  • v. To turn red or make glow: Great bonfires inflamed the night.
  • v. To produce inflammation in (a tissue or organ).
  • v. To set on fire; kindle.
  • verb-intransitive. To become excited or aroused.
  • verb-intransitive. To be affected by inflammation.
  • verb-intransitive. To catch fire.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
  • v. To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
  • v. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
  • v. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
  • v. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
  • v. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
  • v. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
  • v. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
  • v. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
  • v. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
  • verb-intransitive. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To set on fire; kindle; cause to burn with a flame.
  • To raise to an unnatural or morbid heat; make hot or red as if from flame; excite inflammation in: as, wine inflames the blood; the skin is inflamed by an eruption.
  • To excite to a high degree; stimulate to high or excessive action or emotion; exacerbate; make violent: as, to inflame the passions; to inflame the populace.
  • To aggravate in amount; magnify; exaggerate.
  • Synonyms To fire, arouse, nettle, incense, enrage.
  • To take fire; burst into flame; glow with ardor of action or feeling.
  • To become inflamed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. become inflamed; get sore
  • v. catch fire
  • v. cause to start burning
  • v. arouse or excite feelings and passions
  • v. cause inflammation in
  • Verb Form
    inflamed    inflames    inflaming   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    decline    worsen    flare-up    exacerbate    exasperate    aggravate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    incense    arouse    anger    exasperate    enrage    excite    provoke    irritate    fire    kindle   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ame    Boehme    Graeme    Mayme    Sejm    acclaim    aflame    aim    ashame    ballgame   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    livid    intoxicated    congested    puffy    perturb    vulnerable    bloodshot    diseased    aflame    disordered