inflame
Meaning of inflame
verb
- provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.
high fines further inflamed public feelings
- cause inflammation in (a part of the body).
the finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis
- 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
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of inflame is: inflames.
- Languages in which inflame is used:
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CatalanHyphenation 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:
Meaning stir up:
Meaning encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour):
Meaning excite or provoke (someone) to anger or strong emotions:
Meaning make angry or excited:
Meaning stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger in them:
Meaning bring to life:
Meaning discharge a gun or other weapon in order to propel (a bullet or projectile):
Meaning instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action):
Meaning cause (a machine or device) to operate:
Meaning fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative:
Meaning encourage or arouse interest or enthusiasm in:
Meaning make (someone) troubled or nervous:
Meaning make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious:
Meaning make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse:
Meaning become or make more intense:
Meaning make or become worse:
Meaning make up (a composite whole); constitute:
Meaning make (someone) very angry:
Meaning perfume with incense or a similar fragrance:
Meaning fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in:
Meaning make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:
Meaning irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely:
Meaning make (someone) extremely annoyed:
Meaning cause (someone) to become hostile:
Meaning make (someone) annoyed or irritated:
Meaning bold and impudent behaviour:
Meaning make or become purple:
inflame antonyms
Meaning make slightly wet:
Meaning make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe:
Meaning gently calm (a person or their feelings):
Meaning make (someone) less angry or hostile:
Translation of inflame
- Spanish: enardecer, encender
- German: enflammen
- Italian: accendere, incitare, incendiare, infammare
- French: enflammer
Anagrams of inflame
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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