单词 | inflame |
释义 | inflame (once / 428 pages) v To inflame is to make feelings stronger, or stir them up. Reminding your grandfather about the time his car was stolen may just inflame his anger. Getting a parking ticket might inflame your frustration, and when a city imposes a curfew it may inflame the community's feelings of resentment. Another way to inflame is more literal: to cause a physical condition that involves swelling, pain, and redness. Scratching your poison ivy rash will only inflame it in the long run, even if it briefly brings relief. Inflame is from the Latin inflammare, "set on fire" and "excite." WORD FAMILYinflame: inflamed, inflames, inflaming, inflammation, inflammatory+/flame: flame-colored, flamed, flames, flaming, inflame/flaming: flamingest, flamingly, flamings/inflamed: inflamedly/inflaming: inflamings/inflammation: inflammations/inflammatory: anti-inflammatory, inflammatorily, noninflammatory, pro-inflammatory USAGE EXAMPLESTurkey’s military intervention in northern Syria by ground and air in 2016 inflamed the situation. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) Samuel Adams’s report of the Boston Massacre and other British actions were purposely exaggerated to inflame colonial opinion. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) But it argues the memorial inflames racial tensions. BBC(Dec 20, 2016) 1v arouse or excite feelings and passions Syn|Hypo|Hyper fire up, heat, ignite, stir up, wake ferment work up into agitation or excitement arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 2v cause inflammation in The repetitive motion inflamed her joint Hyper aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate, worsen make worse 3v become inflamed; get sore His throat inflamed Hyper decline, worsen grow worse 4v catch fire Syn|Hyper kindle flare up ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down 5v cause to start burning Syn|Hypo|Hyper conflagrate, enkindle, kindle rekindle kindle anew, as of a fire ignite, light cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat |
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