inflamed
Use Inflamed in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
2.
to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling: His harangue inflamed the rabble.
3.
to incite or rouse, as to violence: His words inflamed the angry mob to riot.
4.
(of an emotion, as rage) to cause to redden or grow heated: Uncontrollable rage inflamed his face.
5.
to cause inflammation in: Her eyes were inflamed with crying.
6.
to raise (the blood, bodily tissue, etc.) to a morbid or feverish heat.
7.
to set aflame, ablaze, or afire; set on fire.
8.
to redden with or as with flames: The setting sun inflames the sky.
verb (used without object)
9.
to burst into flame; take fire.
10.
to be kindled, as passion.
11.
to become hot with passion, as the heart.
12.
to become excessively affected with inflammation.
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to arouse or become aroused to violent emotion |
| 2. | (tr) to increase or intensify; aggravate |
| 3. | to produce inflammation in (a tissue, organ, or part) or (of a tissue, etc) to become inflamed |
| 4. | to set or be set on fire; kindle |
| 5. | (tr) to cause to redden |
| in'flamer | |
| —n | |
| in'flamingly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
inflame
mid-14c., "to set on fire with passion," figurative use of L. inflammare "to set on fire, kindle," from in- "in" + flammare "to flame," from flamma "flame" (see flame). Literal sense of "to cause to burn" first recorded in English late 14c.
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Example sentences
When one eats these foods, the intestine becomes so inflamed that nutrients aren't absorbed well.
Repeated or too much use of the ankle can cause this bursa to become irritated and inflamed.
Use medications to reduce inflammation and open inflamed airways.
Flaring tempers were inflamed by nationalism, stoked by reckless reporting, and fanned by politicians.
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