inflame

Meaning of inflame

verb
  1. provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.
    high fines further inflamed public feelings
  2. cause inflammation in (a part of the body).
    the finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis
  3. light up with or as if with flames.
    the torches inflame the night to the eastward

Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’.

Information about inflame

Hyphenation of inflame

in-flame

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • inflame is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

inflame synonyms

Meaning kindle:

kindle, enkindle, conflagrate

Meaning stir up:

wake, ignite, heat

Meaning encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour):

incite

Meaning excite or provoke (someone) to anger or strong emotions:

arouse

Meaning make angry or excited:

rouse

Meaning stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger in them:

provoke

Meaning bring to life:

animate

Meaning discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile):

fire

Meaning instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action):

foment

Meaning cause (a machine or device) to operate:

actuate

Meaning fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative:

inspire

Meaning encourage or arouse interest or enthusiasm in:

stimulate

Meaning make (someone) troubled or nervous:

agitate

Meaning make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious:

aggravate

Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:

exacerbate

Meaning become or make more intense:

intensify

Meaning make or become worse:

worsen

Meaning make up (a composite whole); constitute:

compound

Meaning make (someone) very angry:

enrage

Meaning perfume with incense or a similar fragrance:

incense

Meaning fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in:

anger

Meaning make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:

infuriate

Meaning irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely:

exasperate

Meaning make (someone) extremely annoyed:

madden

Meaning cause (someone) to become hostile:

antagonize

Meaning make (someone) annoyed or irritated:

rile

Meaning bold and impudent behaviour:

gall

Meaning make or become purple:

empurple

inflame antonyms

Meaning make slightly wet:

dampen

Meaning make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe:

calm

Meaning gently calm (a person or their feelings):

soothe

Meaning make (someone) less angry or hostile:

placate

Translation of inflame

Anagrams of inflame

feminal

Words that rhyme with inflame

lame, Salame, palame, salame, blame, disblame, overblame, reblame, clame, raclame, rclame, thiocyclame, aflame, coenflame, disinflame, enflame, flame, misinflame, outflame, preflame, reflame, reinflame, underflame, unflame, upflame, Akhlame, unlame, Cholame

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