- inflamed - resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; "eyes inflamed with crying"
Antonym: healthy (indirect, via unhealthy)
- ablaze, inflamed, reddened - lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"
Antonym: dark (indirect, via light)
- inflamed - adorned with tongues of flame
Antonyms: unadorned, undecorated (indirect, via adorned)
- inflame - cause inflammation in; "The repetitive motion inflamed her joint"
--1 is one way to worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun inflammation1
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- kindle, inflame - catch fire; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles"
--2 is one way to flare up
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun inflammation4
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- kindle, enkindle, conflagrate, inflame - cause to start burning; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds"
--3 is one way to ignite, light
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun inflammation4
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- inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"
--4 is one way to arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun inflammation3, noun inflaming1
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- inflame - become inflamed; get sore; "His throat inflamed"
--5 is one way to worsen, decline
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun inflammation1
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