inflame Definition

inflame
verb

1. To arouse strong or violent emotion in someone or something.

Example: Desire inflamed my heart
Example: His strong words inflamed the crowd with anger
Thesaurus: irritate, anger, incense, aggravate, vex, annoy, bother, disturb, madden, excite, ignite, incite, stir up, provoke, fire up.
2. To make something more heated or intense; to exacerbate.

Example: The police action only inflamed the situation
3a. To make (part of the body) become red, heated, swollen and painful;

Thesaurus: redden, swell, chafe, infect, irritate.
intr
3b. Said of part of the body: to become affected by inflammation.

Thesaurus: redden, swell, chafe, erupt.
tr & intr
4. To burst, or make something burst, into flames.

Derivative: inflamed
adj

(of a part of the body) affected by inflammation
Thesaurus: congested, sore, fevered, irritated, chafed, infected, festering, raw, swollen, red, hurt.

Etymology: 14c: from French enflammer, from Latin inflammare to kindle.