Inflame

//ɪnˈfleɪm//

Definitions

1
To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
We should have made retreat / By light of the inflamed fleet.
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ignite kindle alight
2
To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
to inflame desire
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arouse excite kindle
3
To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
It will inflame you; it will make you mad.
Similar
anger enrage exasperate

Word Origin

From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen, from Old French enflammer (“to inflame”), from Latin inflammō (“to kindle, set on fire”, verb), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”), equivalent to...

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