Definitions of inflame [ɪnˈfleɪm]

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Definition of 'inflame'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) inflame
to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).

2.  inflame
to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling; incite.

3.  inflame
to cause inflammation in.

4.  inflame
to raise (the blood, bodily tissue, etc.) to a feverish heat.

5.  inflame
to set aflame or afire.

6.  inflame
to redden with or as with flames.

7. (v.i.) inflame
to burst into flame; take fire.

8.  inflame
to be kindled, as passion.

9.  inflame
to become infused with passion.

10.  inflame
to become excessively affected with inflammation.

Etymology: (1300–50; ME < MF < L inflammāre to kindle)

Definition of 'inflame'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) inflame
cause inflammation in
"The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"

2. (verb) kindle, inflame
catch fire
"The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"

3. (verb) kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame
cause to start burning
"The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"

4. (verb) inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up
arouse or excite feelings and passions
"The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

5. (verb) inflame
become inflamed; get sore
"His throat inflamed"

Definition of 'inflame'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) inflame
to set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow

2. (verb) inflame
fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire

3. (verb) inflame
to provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage

4. (verb) inflame
to put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork

5. (verb) inflame
to exaggerate; to enlarge upon

6. (verb) inflame
to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed

Translation of 'inflame'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cause (feelings etc) to become violent.
Afrikaans: ontstoke raak	Arabic: يُثير، يُلْهِبُ المشاعِر،	Bulgarian: разпалвам
Brazilian: inflamar	Czech: roznítit, vzplanout	German: erregen
Danish: ophidse	Greek: εξάπτω	Spanish: inflamar, arder
Estonian: üles kütma	Farsi: بر انگیختن	Finnish: kuohuttaa
French: enflammer	Hebrew: לְהַרגִיז	Hindi: प्रज्वलित करना
Croatian: upaliti	Hungarian: feldühösít	Indonesian: membakar hati
Icelandic: æsa upp	Italian: infiammare	Japanese: あおり立てる
Korean: 흥분시키다	Lithuanian: uždegti (jausmus)	Latvian: iekvēlināt; uzbudināt
Malay: menaikkan kemarahan	Dutch: doen ontvlammen	Norwegian: hisse/piske opp, gjøre be
Polish: rozpalić	Persian: بر انگیختن	Pashto: لمبى كول، شغلى كول
Portuguese: inflamar	Romanian: a (se) aprinde	Russian: взволновать(ся)
Slovak: rozohniť (sa), rozvášniť	Slovenian: razvneti	Serbian: razbuktati
Swedish: få att svalla, piska upp,	Thai: ทำให้ลุกเป็นไฟ	Turkish: alevlendirmek, körüklemek
Taiwanese: 使激動	Ukrainian: збуджувати(ся), схвилюват	Urdu: مشتعل ہونا
Vietnamese: khích động	Chinese: 使极度激动
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