inflame
To set on fire; to cause to burn, flame, or glow; to kindleTo set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
» He didn't come to work because his throat is inflamed.
Meaning
11 senses(transitive)To set (someone or something) on fire; to cause (someone or something) to burn, flame, or glow; to kindle.
entflammen, anzünden
(broadly, transitive)To cause (something) to appear bright or red, as if on fire; to brighten, to redden.
(broadly, transitive)To cause (the body or a body part) to feel abnormally or unusually hot; specifically (medicine), to cause inflammation, including abnormal heat, pain, redness, swelling, etc., in (the body or a body part).
to inflame the eyes by overwork
sich entzünden
(figuratively, transitive)To cause (someone, or their heart, mind, etc.) to feel strong desire or other feelings; to excite (someone) to great passion; specifically, to cause (someone) to feel anger or rage; to anger, to enrage, to incense.
(figuratively, transitive)To excite or intensify (a feeling, such as an appetite or passion), especially to an excessive or unnatural level.
to inflame desire
anregen
(figuratively, transitive)To cause (something intangible, such as a dispute or violence, or hunger or thirst) to become more serious or worse; to aggravate, to exacerbate.
(intransitive)To burst into flames, to catch fire.
catch fire
(broadly, intransitive)Of a person's body or body part: to feel abnormally or unusually hot; specifically (medicine), to be affected by inflammation.
aufbrausen
(figuratively, intransitive)To feel strong desire or other feelings; to be passionate; specifically, to feel anger or rage.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)To increase (the price or quantity of something).
(broadly, intransitive, obsolete)To become very hot.
become inflamed; get sore
Examples
12 sentencesHe didn't come to work because his throat is inflamed.
He had his tonsils removed because they would get inflamed too often.
If the throat is very inflamed, an antiseptic gargle should be used.
I just thought you would have known better than to risk inflaming my wrath.
Inflamed as it was, the sty hurt every time she closed her eye.
ruВоспалённый ячмень отдавал болью всякий раз, когда она закрывала глаз.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen (“to set (something) on fire; to be onFrom Middle English inflammen, enflamen, enflaumen (“to set (something) on fire; to be on fire; (figurative) to enrage (someone); to become enraged; to incite (someone) to do evil; to inspire (someone); (medicine) to cause inflammation of (a body part)”), from Old French enflamer, enflammer (“to set (something) on fire, inflame; to be on fire; (figurative) to fuel (a debate, hatred, etc.)”) (modern French enflammer), from Latin inflammāre, the present active infinitive of inflammō (“to set (something) on fire, inflame; (figurative) to excite (someone)”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘into; to, towards’) + flammō (“to set (something) on fire; to be on fire; (figurative) to incite (someone)”) (from flamma (“flame, fire; (figurative) passion”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-, *bʰl̥g- (“to blaze, burn; to glow, shine; bright flame, fire”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)). By surface analysis, in- (prefix meaning ‘into; to, towards’) + flame.
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Forms
inflames, inflaming, inflamed, inflamedSynonyms
135 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle