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   inflame

   /ɪnˈfleɪm/

   verb

   • 1. provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone: "high fines further inflamed public feelings" Similar incitearouserouseprovokeanimatestir upwork upwhip upkindlefireignitetouch offfomentactuateinspirestimulateagitatespur onaggravateexacerbateintensifyworsenmake worsecompoundadd fuel to the flamesfan the flamesrub salt in the woundenrageincenseangerinfuriateexasperatemaddensend into a rageprovokeantagonizerilegallinformal:make someone see redmake someone's blood boildrive mad/crazyrare:empurpleOpposite dampencalmsootheplacate
   • ▪ provoke (someone) to strong feelings: "her sister was inflamed with jealousy" Similar enrageincenseangerinfuriateexasperatemaddensend into a rageprovokeantagonizerilegallinformal:make someone see redmake someone's blood boildrive mad/crazyrare:empurpleOpposite placate
   • ▪ make (a situation) worse: "comments that inflame what is already a sensitive situation"
   • 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: literary "the torches inflame the night to the eastward"

   Word Origin Middle Englishenflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inflamer noun

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