inflame
inflame is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
- transitive verb. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
- transitive verb. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
- transitive verb. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
- transitive verb. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
- intransitive verb. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.
- verb. become inflamed; get sore
"His throat inflamed"
- verb. cause inflammation in
"The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"
- verb. 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"
- verb. cause to start burning
"The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
- verb. catch fire
"The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"
Synonyms
heat, ignite, wake, conflagrate, enkindle, kindle
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in inflame:
Common word forms
inflamed, inflamer, inflames, inflaming
Words from these letters
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