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单词 inflame
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inflame
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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 FAMILY
inflame: 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 EXAMPLES
Turkey’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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