inflame
Verb
Verb Forms: inflamed, inflaming, inflames
- To set on fire; to excite or intensify feelings.
- cause inflammation in
- "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"
- catch fire
- cause to start burning
- arouse or excite feelings and passions
- become inflamed; get sore
- "His throat inflamed"
- To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
- To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
- To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
- To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
- To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
- To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
Examples
- His bold play of BLAZING was meant to inflame my competitive spirit.
- to inflame desire
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to in- + flame.
Synonyms
conflagrate, enkindle, fire up, heat, ignite, kindle, stir up, wake, abet, actuate, affront, aggravate, alight, anger, animate, antagonize, arouse, awaken, awrath, bring about, burn up, cheer, cheese off, cross, drive, egg on, electrify, embitter, encourage, enflame, engender, enrage, enthrill, envenom, evoke, exagitate, exasperate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, gall, galvanize, get, get one's back up, get someone's Irish up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get to, gin up, goad, grill, honk off, impel, incense, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intoxicate, invoke, irritate, lash, light, light up, madden, make angry, make someone see red, make someone's blood boil, motivate, motive, move, nark, obligate, oblige, offend, outrage, piss off, promote, prompt, provoke, push, put out, put someone's back up, quicken, raise someone's hackles, raise someone's shag, rankle, rattle someone's cage, rile, roil, rouse, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, send, set ablaze, set afire, set aflame, set alight, set fire, set fire to, set off, set on fire, set up someone's birse, sharpen, spark off, spur, spur on, steam, stimulate, sting, stir, stir the blood, stoke, suscitate, tempt, thrill, tick off, torch, urge, vitalise, warm the blood, whet, whip up, wind up, work up, yerk
Scrabble Score: 12
inflame: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinflame: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inflame: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary