Inflame

Definitions: Inflame

Inflame

Verb

1. Cause inflammation in; of tissue or organs.

2. 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".

3. Become inflamed; get sore; of tissue or organs.

Date "inflame" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Inflame

Synonyms: fire up (v), heat (v), ignite (v), stir up (v), wake (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Calefaction	Burn, inflame, roast, toast, fry, grill, singe, parch, bake, torrefy, scorch; brand, cauterize, sear, burn in; corrode, char, calcine, incinerate; smelt, scorify; reduce to ashes; burn to a cinder; commit to the flames, consign to the flames.
Excitation	Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.
Physical Energy	Verb: give -energy; Noun: energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert; sharpen, intensify; inflame; (render violent); wind up; (strengthen).
Resentment	Cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &e.; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw.
Violence	Render violent; Adjective: sharpen, stir up, quicken, excite, incite, annoy, urge, lash, stimulate, turn on; irritate, inflame, kindle, suscitate, foment; accelerate, aggravate, exasperate, exacerbate, convulse, infuriate, madden, lash into fury; fan the flame; add fuel to the flame, pour oil on the fire, oleum addere camino.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Inflame

English words defined with "inflame": Exulcerate ♦ Incend ♦ Miskindle ♦ To set fire to, To set on fire ♦ Vesicate. (references)

Specialty definitions using "inflame": Phlegethon. (references)

Etymologies containing "inflame": Aphthae ♦ Incend, Incension, inflammation. (references)

Domain

Usage

Screenplays

Brown-skinned girls who inflame your senses with their play, cool yellow-haired women who entice and escape you, gentle ones who serve you, slender ones who torment you, the mothers who bore and suckled you; all women whom God created out of the teeming fullness of the earth, are yours in the love of one woman. (Rembrandt; writing credit: Carl Zuckmayer; June Head)

May the fleas from your cow inflame your Rhubarb! (Ed, Edd n' Eddy; writing credit: Jan Dirchsen; Mikkel Dyrting)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		These viral colds do not cause symptoms of sinusitis, but they do inflame the sinuses. (references)
		If your allergies inflame your nasal passages, you are more likely to have a strong reaction to all irritants. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Peter Jennings	I mean, I think, you know, there's real danger, I think, if you flog this stuff. And I think occasionally people do. If you flog this stuff, you inflame people.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Inflame" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 74.19% of the time. "Inflame" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	74.19%	23	72,767
Lexical Verb (base form)	16.13%	5	157,705
Noun (singular)	9.68%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	31	N/A

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Language		Translations for "inflame"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		irritoj (acerbate, displease, exasperate, frustrate, provoke), nxit (abet, actuate, arouse, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, arouse, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), ndez (activate, burn, enkindle, fire, fire up, foment, heat, ignite, kindle, light, make the fire, set fire, set light to, set on fire, switch on, turn on). (various references)

Arabic		‏هاج (carry along, carry away, excite, fling about, flush, fluster, kindle, ramp, rave, seethe, thrill, toss, vex), ‏لهب (blaze, flame, inspire, reanimate, thrill), ‏غضب (aggravate, anger, annoy, be angry, be irritated, chafe, crab, dander, displease, embitter, enrage, exasperate, exasperation, fire, flounce, fret, fume, gall, get on his nerves, get smb.'s goat, go mad, grumpiness, harrow, heat, incense, indignation, infuriate, irascibility, ire, irritate, irritation, itch, jitter, lose one's shirt, mad, madden, miff, nettle, offend, outcry, outrage, peeve, pet, pique, pout, provoke, rage, resentment, rile, rough, ruffle, seethe, soreness, sour, spite, spleen, twit, vex), ‏إلتهب (ignite), ‏أذكى (put smb. wise), ‏أجج (kindle, rekindle, revive), ‏أثار (aggravate, arouse, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, get, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work), ‏أشعل (burn, enkindle, fan the flame, fire, ignite, kindle, light, light up, lit, rekindle, switch on, torch, turn on). (various references)

Bulgarian		разгорещявам (kindle), разпалвам се (enkindle, hot, run riot, warm to), разпалвам (kindle, set off, touch off, warm up, whip up, wind up), възбуждам (actuate, agitate, arouse, engage, enkindle, excite, ferment, heat, irritate, key up, pique, provoke, raise, set up, stimulate, sting, stir, thrill, turn on), възпалявам се, възпламенявам се, запалвам се (catch fire, enthuse, fire, ignite, kindle, light, warm), предизвиквам възпаление. (various references)

Chinese		极度激动 (inflamed, inflaming), 激起 (arouse, excite). (various references)

Czech		vznítit se (catch, ignite), rozvášnit, rozpálit. (various references)

Danish		tænde (fire, kindle, light, to ignite, to inflame). (various references)

Dutch		ontsteken (excite, firing, ignite, kindle, light, to ignite, to inflame). (various references)

Farsi		ملتهب کردن , متراکم کردن (Amass, Condense, Jam), عصبانی وناراحت کردن , اتش گرفتن (Ignite, Light, Spunk), به هیجان اوردن (Electrify), برافروختن (Glow, Kindle, Overheat, Provoke, Relume). (various references)

Finnish		kiihdyttää (accelerate, escalate, excite, speed up). (various references)

French		inciter (incite, induce, infuriate, instigate, interest), s'enflammer, mettre le feu, exacerber, enflammer (to inflame), attiser, être fâché (be in a huff). (various references)

German		entflammen (arouse, be aroused, burst into flames, catch fire, fire, flare up, ignite, rouse, to ignite, to inflame). (various references)

Greek		ερεθίζω (aggravate, chafe, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, incite, irritate, nettle, pique, provoke, rankle, rile, stimulate, to irritate, vex, whet). (various references)

Hebrew		לל�"ט (set ablaze), ללבות (foment, kindle, set ablaze), לשל�"ב (excite, fire, kindle, rouse, set ablaze), ל�"סית (egg on, entice, foment, incite, instigate, persuade, seduce, tempt, whet on). (various references)

Hungarian		meggyújt (ignite, kindle, light, lit, to ignite, to inflame, to kindle, to light, to prime), lángra lobbant (to inflame, to rekindle), fellelkesít (elate, harangue, impassion, kindle, to elate, to inflame, to spirit, to thrill, to uplift, to warm, to warm up). (various references)

Indonesian		menggelorakan (whip up), membarakan (set ablase), membakar (bake, burn, set on fire). (various references)

Irish		adhain (kindle; inflame). (various references)

Italian		infiammarsi (kindle), infiammare (become inflamed, fire, heat, ignite, kindle, set on fire, take fire). (various references)

Manx		farbaghey (corrosion, flame up, fret, irritate), cur er lossey. (various references)

Pig Latin		inflameay

Portuguese		inserir (enquire, implant, insert, inset, introduce, let loose, put in, work in, write in), inflamar (bag, disgruntle, enkindle, excite, fire, heat circulation, igniter, incense, light, rouse, stir up, thurify, to ignite, to inflame), incendiar (burn, fire, ignite, kindliness, light beer), entusiasmar (absorb, enrich, flush, kindle, thrill, transport), arder (burn, burn(to), deflagrate, fire, flame, flush, glister, gloaming, glow, glow with heat, kindle, sting, tingle), acalorar (heat). (various references)

Romanian		inflama (heat, rankle, swell), incita (abet, excite, incite, instigate, provoke, riot, rouse, stimulate, stir up), se inflama, se aprinde (catch, fire, glow, ignite, kindle, light), mistui (bear, consume, digest), lua foc (catch, catch fire, light, take fire), da foc la (fire, kindle, light, light up, set fire to), arde (bake, be on fire, bite, blister, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, calcine, cauterize, consume, cook, cremate, diddle, glare, glow, grill, heat, ignite, overdo, parch, roast, scald, scorch, sear, shrivel, smart, smoke, strike, tan, you are getting hot), aprinde (animate, beacon, blush, enkindle, excite, fan, fire, heat, ignite, kindle, light, light up, redden, rot, shine, strike), alimenta (feed, fill, nourish, nurture, Stoke, supply, support), aţâţa (abet, blood, brighten, fan, flush, foment, incite, instigate, mend, quicken, tempt, whet), înteţi (redouble), întãrâta (provoke, stimulate), înflãcãra (exalt, fire, flush, heat, rouse). (various references)

Russian		воспламенять (enkindle, fire, ignite, kindle, prime), возбуждать (actuate, agitate, energize, engender, exasperate, excite, flush, galvanize, hype up, incite, innervate, kindle, lash, pique), взволновать. (various references)

Scottish		fadaidh (kindle), eargnaich. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zagnojiti, raspaliti (fire, whip up). (various references)

Spanish		inflamarse (fire-proof, flame up, outbreak), inflamar (kindle, to ignite, to inflame), encenderse (blaze up, blush, burn up, catch, catch fire, come on, come up, flare, flare up, get excited, get red, go off, go on, ignite, kindle, light, strike), encender (burn, fire, firing, ignite, illuminate, kindle, light, light up, lighter, put on, set light to, switch on, to ignite, to inflame, turn on), enardecer, arder (blaze, burn, flame, to flame), apasionar. (various references)

Swedish		inflammera, antända (fire, ignite, kindle, light, set fire to). (various references)

Turkish		iltihaplanmak (fester, gather, matter, suppurate), yanmak (be hot, broil, burn, burn out, fire, fuse, fuze, glow, go on, kindle, light, light up, scorch, smart, sting, swelter, take, tan, toast), tutuşmak (blaze, burn, catch, catch fire, flame up, ignite, kindle, take), kızmak (be angry, be angry with smb., be nettled at, be riled at, become hot, chafe, cut up rough, fly off the handle, fret, gall, get hot, get hot under the collar, grow hot, have one's hackles up, heat, huff, lose one's temper, ruffle), kızdırmak (aggravate, anger, annoy, badger, bait, bug, burn, chafe, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, gall, get across, get in one's hair, heat, heat up, huff, incense, infuriate, irritate, nettle, overheat, peeve, play to, provoke, put about, put out, put smb. out of temper, put smb.'s nose out of joint, rile, rough the wrong way, rouse, ruffle smb.'s temper, steam up, superheat, tease, twit, vex), kışkırtmak (agitate, antagonize, defy, egg, egg on, excite, fan the flame, ferment, foment, ginger, ginger up, goad, goad on, hound, hound on, incite, instigate, jockey into, lash, prod, provoke, rouse, set on, solicit, sting, stir up, tempt, warm up, whip up), coşturmak (carry away, ecstasize, elate, enthuse, exhilarate, flush, key up, lend wings to, root for, send, steam up, sweep away, sweep off, transport, warm up, whoop it up), alevlendirmek (enkindle, fan, kindle, rekindle). (various references)

Turkmen		tataюmak (get inflamed). (various references)

Ukranian		хвилювати (affect, agitate, amove, appeal, commove, disturb, embroil, excite, ferment, fluster, perturbate, pother, reck, tempest, worry), викликати запалення, захвилюватися, запалюватися (enkindle, fire, ignite, light), запалювати (enkindle, fire, fuze, ignite, kindle, light up, prime, spark). (various references)

Welsh		llidio (anger, be angry, chafe), ennyn (burn, excite, kindle), brydio (boil, burn, throb). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	accendam, accendantur, accendebant, accendens, accendentes, accendere, accenderent, accenderunt, accendet, accendetur, accendimus, accendit, accendo, accendunt, accensa, accensi, accensis, accenso, accensus, accensusque, concitant, concitantem, concitantur, concitasti, concitat, concitata, concitate, concitati, concitatus, concitaverit, concitaverunt, concitavit, concitetur, concito, flamma, flammantem, flammantis, flammas, incendas, incendat, incendatur, incendebant, incendens, incendent, incenderant, incenderent, incenderit, incenderunt, incendes, incendet, incendetque, incendetur, incendimus, incendit, incenditur, incensa, incensae, incensi, incensio, incenso, incensorum, incensu, incensum, incensumque, inflammabatur, inflammabit, inflammat, inflammata, inflammatio, inflammatum, inflammaverunt, inflammavit, inflammo, inspirans, inspirare, inspirata, inspirati, inspiravit. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Isaiah Chapter 5, Verse 11
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ouai oi egeiromenoi to prwi kai to sikera diwkonteV oi menonteV to oye o gar oinoV autouV sugkausei
Latin	405	Vulgate	Vae qui consurgitis mane ad ebrietatem sectandam et potandum usque ad vesperam ut vino aestuetis
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Wo that risen erly to drunkenhed to be folewid, and to drinken vn to euen, that with wyn yee brenne.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them!
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Woe to them that rise early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflameth them!
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Cursed are those who get up early in the morning to give themselves up to strong drink; who keep on drinking far into the night till they are heated with wine!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Isaiah Chapter 5, Verse 11
Cebuano	Alaut niadtong mosayo pagbangon sa kabuntagon, aron sila managhubog sa maisug nga mga ilimnon, alaut niadtong managtukaw sa tibook kagabhion hangtud sila manginit sa vino.
Croatian	Jao onima što veæ jutrom na uranku žestokim se piæem zalijevaju i kasno noæu sjede vinom raspaljeni.
Danish	Ve dem, der årle jager efter Drik og ud på Natten blusser af Vin!
Dutch	Wee dengenen, die, zich vroeg opmakende in den morgenstond, sterken drank najagen, en vertoeven tot in de schemering, totdat de wijn hen heeft verhit!
Finnish	Voi niitä, jotka aamuvarhaisesta väkijuoman jäljessä juoksevat ja iltamyöhään viipyvät viinistä hehkuvina!
French	Malheur � ceux qui de bon matin Courent après les boissons enivrantes, Et qui bien avant dans la nuit Sont échauffés par le vin!
German	Weh denen, die des Morgens früh auf sind, des Saufens sich zu fleißigen, und sitzen bis in die Nacht, daß sie der Wein erhitzt,
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Celakalah kamu! Dari pagi sampai malam kerjamu hanya minum minuman keras dan bermabuk-mabuk.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Wai bagi orang yang bangun pagi-pagi hari akan mencahari minuman yang keras dan leka-leka sampai waktu samar muka dengan dipanasi oleh air anggur.
Italian	Guai a coloro che si alzano presto al mattino e vanno in cerca di bevande inebrianti e si attardano alla sera accesi in volto dal vino.
Maori	Aue te mate mo te hunga e maranga wawe ana i te ata ki te whai i te wai kaha; e kawe ana i te roa o te po, nawai a ka tahuna e te waina!
Norwegian	Ve dem som står tidlig op om morgenen og jager efter sterk drikk, som sitter langt utover aftenen, glødende av vin!
Portuguese	Ai dos que se levantam cedo para correrem atrás da bebida forte e continuam até a noite, até que o vinho os esquente!
Rumanian	Vai de cei ce disdedimineayq aleargq dupq bquturi ameyitoare, wi wed pknq tkrziu noaptea wi se knferbkntq de vin!
Russian	зПТЕ ФЕН, ЛПФПТЩЕ У ТБООЕЗП ХФТБ ЙЭХФ УЙЛЕТЩ Й �"П � ПЪ�"ОЕЗП ЧЕЮЕТБ ТБЪЗПТСЮБАФ УЕ�'С ЧЙОПН;
Spanish	¡Ay de los que se levantan muy de mañana para ir tras la bebida, y siguen hasta la noche, hasta que el vino los enciende!
Swedish	Ve dem som stå bittida upp för att hasta till starka drycker, och som sitta intill sena natten för att upphetta sig med vin!
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "inflame": inflamed, inflamer, inflamers, inflames. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Inflame" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: diflam, infamu, inflam, inflama, inframe. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "inflame" (pronounced i'nflā"m)
4	-f l ā" m	aflame, flame.
3	-l ā" m	acclaim, blame, claim, declaim, disclaim, exclaim, lame, proclaim, reclaim.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-i-l-m-n"
	-1 letter: famine, finale, flamen, maline, menial.
	-2 letters: alien, aline, amine, anile, anime, elain, elfin, email, final, flame, fleam, leman, liane, liman, limen, maile, minae.
	-3 letters: alef, alif, alme, amen, amie, amin, anil, elan, fail, fain, fame, fane, feal, fila, file, film, fine, flam, flan, flea, ilea, lain, lame, lane, leaf, lean, lief, lien, life.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-i-l-m-n"
	+1 letter: filament, filename, flamines, inflamed, inflamer, inflames, rifleman.
	+2 letters: enflaming, filaments, filenames, flambeing, fulminate, inflamers, semifinal.
	+3 letters: antifemale, flamingoes, fulminated, fulminates, maleficent, manifestly, manifolded, meaningful, semifinals.
	+4 letters: confirmable, filamentary, filamentous, firmamental, inflammable, infomercial, interfamily, lifemanship, malefaction, maleficence, myofilament, nonfamilies, sulfonamide, unamplified.
	+5 letters: effeminately, familiarness, fraternalism, inflammables, infomercials, lifemanships, malefactions, maleficences, manifoldness, meaningfully, monofilament, myofilaments, semifinalist, sulfonamides, unmodifiable.
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