What is another word for inflame?
Pronunciation:
[ ɪnflˈe͡ɪm], [ ɪnflˈeɪm], [ ɪ_n_f_l_ˈeɪ_m]
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Similar words for inflame:
- conflagrate (noun)
- enkindle (noun)
- inflame (noun)
- aggravate (verb)
- agitate (verb)
- anger (verb)
- arouse (verb)
- body (verb)
- craze (verb)
- enrage (verb)
- exacerbate (verb)
- exasperate (verb)
- excite (verb)
- ferment (verb)
- fire (verb)
- fuel (verb)
- gall (verb)
- heat (verb)
- ignite (verb)
- incense (verb)
- incite (verb)
- inspire (verb)
- instigate (verb)
- irritate (verb)
- kindle (verb)
- light (verb)
- madden (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- pain (verb)
- provoke (verb)
- put out (verb)
- rankle (verb)
- rile (verb)
- rouse (verb)
- stimulate (verb)
- stir (verb)
- transport (verb)
- upset, irritate; inconvenience (verb)
- work up (verb)
- other synonyms
- aggravate
- agitate
- chafe
- craze
- excite
- fuel
- gall
- heat
- ignite
- irritate
- light
- madden
- other relevant words
- pain
- put out
- work up
Synonyms for Inflame:
n.
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- add fuel to the fire/flames,
- compound,
- redden,
- congest,
- swell,
- make matters/things worse,
- do more harm than good.
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- torch.
- wake.
v.
• aggravate (verb)- bait,
- fret,
- discompose,
- envenom,
- bedevil,
- trouble,
- infuriate,
- hassle,
- antagonize,
- needle,
- vex,
- upset,
- bother,
- annoy,
- harry,
- tease,
- nag,
- harass,
- irk,
- disturb,
- grate,
- peeve,
- badger,
- perturb,
- pester.
- de-bate,
- bugging up,
- de bated,
- dis-compose,
- dis concerts,
- up setting,
- dis quieting,
- un-hinged,
- dis-concerting,
- pushing buttons,
- de-bates,
- dis compose,
- dis quieted,
- de bate,
- dis-composes,
- dis composed,
- de bating,
- dis-cusses,
- dis cussed,
- dis-cussing,
- un hinge,
- de bates,
- dis-quieting,
- dis-cuss,
- un hinged,
- un-hinging,
- dis concert,
- dis quiets,
- dis composing,
- dis concerted,
- dis-concerted,
- un hinges,
- de-bated,
- bugged up,
- made flip,
- makes flip,
- up sets,
- making flip,
- up-set,
- dis-composing,
- dis concerting,
- un-hinges,
- bugs up,
- dis quiet,
- dis-tract,
- un hinging,
- pushes buttons,
- dis tract,
- gotten to,
- dis-concerts,
- up-setting,
- dis-concert,
- burns up,
- dis composes,
- dis-composed,
- dis-quieted,
- un-hinge,
- dis cusses,
- dis-quiets,
- gat to,
- burnt up,
- dis tracts,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-tracts,
- up-sets,
- de-bating,
- dis-cussed,
- dis cussing,
- dis cuss,
- pushed buttons.
- gat mad,
- get one nerves,
- gets mad,
- gotten one's nerves,
- dis-pleased,
- raised hell,
- gets on ones nerves,
- got ones nerves,
- getting one nerves,
- gotten on one nerves,
- out-raging,
- gat ones nerves,
- made sore,
- out-rage,
- gotten on nerves,
- gat one's nerves,
- gotten one nerves,
- gotten nerves,
- gat on ones nerves,
- got one's nerves,
- got mad,
- out rages,
- steams up,
- dis pleases,
- boiled over,
- out rage,
- makes sore,
- get nerves,
- gets ones nerves,
- getting mad,
- out-rages,
- boils over,
- dis-pleases,
- getting on ones nerves,
- gets on one's nerves,
- out raging,
- get ones nerves,
- out raged,
- getting on nerves,
- gotten on one's nerves,
- gat nerves,
- gets nerves,
- umbraged,
- got on one's nerves,
- umbraging,
- gotten on ones nerves,
- got on nerves,
- gets one nerves,
- gets on one nerves,
- got nerves,
- out-raged,
- gat one nerves,
- dis pleased,
- got on one nerves,
- gat on one's nerves,
- getting on one's nerves,
- get on ones nerves,
- getting nerves,
- lose ones temper,
- gat on nerves,
- gat on one nerves,
- dis-pleasing,
- gets one's nerves,
- raises hell,
- got one nerves,
- gotten mad,
- gets on nerves,
- gotten ones nerves,
- get on one nerves,
- lose one temper,
- making sore,
- getting ones nerves,
- dis pleasing,
- getting one's nerves,
- dis please,
- got on ones nerves,
- dis-please,
- get one's nerves,
- getting on one nerves.
- un-balancing,
- de-ranges,
- dis-tempers,
- driving mad,
- un-balance,
- de ranges,
- be wildering,
- de-ranging,
- be wilder,
- drove mad,
- un-balances,
- de-range,
- un balance,
- dis-temper,
- dis temper,
- un balances,
- be-wildering,
- de ranging,
- dements,
- dis tempers,
- un balancing,
- dis-tempered,
- un-balanced,
- dis-tempering,
- drives mad,
- be wilders,
- drave mad,
- dis tempered,
- de ranged,
- dis tempering,
- be wildered,
- de range,
- be-wilder,
- be-wildered,
- be-wilders,
- dementing,
- de-ranged.
- t-offing,
- makes blood boil,
- made see red,
- toffing,
- making blood boil,
- toffed,
- t off,
- t offs,
- iring,
- t offed,
- asked for it,
- asking for it,
- t-offs,
- making see red,
- t offing,
- asks for it,
- makes see red,
- t-offed,
- made blood boil.
- fanned the flames,
- pushed ones button,
- fanned flames,
- pushing ones button,
- rattled cage,
- pushed button,
- goes from bad worse,
- rubbed salt a wound,
- rubs salt a wound,
- goes from bad to worse,
- rattles one's cage,
- rattling ones cage,
- fan flames,
- pushes ones button,
- rubbing salt in wound,
- feed fire,
- feeds fire,
- going from bad to worse,
- fans flames,
- ex acerbate,
- feeding the fire,
- went from bad to worse,
- feeding fire,
- pushes one button,
- rattles one cage,
- pushing one's button,
- rattled one's cage,
- pushed one button,
- pushing one button,
- feeds the fire,
- pushing button,
- rattles cage,
- ex acerbated,
- ex-acerbate,
- ex-acerbated,
- rattle cage,
- rattled one cage,
- rattle one cage,
- rattling one's cage,
- rattling one cage,
- rattle ones cage,
- fed the fire,
- rattled ones cage,
- going from bad worse,
- fed fire,
- rubbing salt a wound,
- rubbing salt wound,
- rubs salt in wound,
- go from bad worse,
- ex acerbates,
- fans the flames,
- ex acerbating,
- hitting on,
- push ones button,
- pushes button,
- rub salt wound,
- rubs salt in a wound,
- ex-acerbates,
- ex-acerbating,
- rubbed salt in a wound,
- fanning the flames,
- pushes one's button,
- rubbed salt in wound,
- rubbing salt in a wound,
- rattles ones cage,
- hits on,
- rattling cage,
- went from bad worse,
- rub salt a wound,
- pushed one's button,
- push one button,
- fanning flames,
- rubs salt wound,
- rubbed salt wound.
- drive up wall,
- drove the wall,
- try patience of,
- drives wall,
- trying the patience of,
- drive wall,
- driving wall,
- tries the patience of,
- get under ones skin,
- making waves,
- drave up wall,
- drave the wall,
- drove wall,
- made waves,
- ex-asperate,
- ex asperated,
- ex-asperating,
- get under one skin,
- ex asperates,
- ex-asperates,
- driving up the wall,
- drove up wall,
- ex-asperated,
- driving the wall,
- drave wall,
- tried patience of,
- drives up wall,
- tried the patience of,
- driving up wall,
- ex asperating,
- trying patience of,
- drove up the wall,
- drave up the wall,
- drive the wall,
- tries patience of,
- ex asperate,
- drives the wall,
- drives up the wall.
- over-flowing,
- am violent,
- was violent,
- over flow,
- over-flow,
- dis-solved,
- wert violent,
- over-flown,
- were violent,
- wast violent,
- dis solved,
- over-flowed,
- dis solving,
- over flows,
- dis-solving,
- over flown,
- are violent,
- dis solves,
- dis solve,
- being violent,
- is violent,
- over-flows,
- dis-solves,
- dis-solve,
- over flowing,
- over flowed,
- art violent.
- in forming,
- in spirited,
- in spirit,
- in form,
- in-spiriting,
- in-spirits,
- in-forming,
- in-spirit,
- in forms,
- in-forms,
- in spiriting,
- in-spirited.
- filled er up,
- gasses up,
- filling 'er up,
- filling er up,
- gassed up,
- gassing up,
- fills 'er up,
- gases up,
- fill er up,
- stoked up,
- stokes up,
- fills er up,
- stoking up,
- filled 'er up.
- be deviled,
- be devilling,
- be devilled,
- be devil,
- be-devilling,
- be-devils,
- be-devil,
- be-deviling,
- be deviling,
- be-deviled,
- be devils,
- be-devilled.
- calorified,
- enflames,
- raising temperature,
- re-heats,
- calorifies,
- grew hot,
- grows hot,
- re heating,
- grows warm,
- tepefies,
- raises the temperature,
- re heat,
- raises temperature,
- Tepefied,
- calorifying,
- re heats,
- sets fire,
- growing hot,
- raising the temperature,
- raised temperature,
- raised the temperature,
- raise temperature,
- sets on fire,
- re-heat,
- enflaming,
- Tepefying,
- setting on fire,
- grew warm,
- re-heating,
- enflamed,
- re heated.
- in cense,
- dis gust,
- in censing,
- gets rise out of,
- gotten a rise out of,
- gat rise out of,
- in-censed,
- in censed,
- in-censing,
- in-cense,
- dis-gusted,
- gotten rise out of,
- dis-gusts,
- got rise out of,
- gets a rise out of,
- got a rise out of,
- dis gusted,
- dis-gusting,
- dis-gust,
- dis gusts,
- in-censes,
- in censes,
- get rise out of,
- gat a rise out of,
- getting rise out of,
- getting a rise out of,
- dis gusting.
- talking into,
- in-cite,
- puts to,
- putting up to,
- talks into,
- in cite,
- co-axing,
- in-cited,
- co axing,
- sets off,
- talking in to,
- in cites,
- talks in to,
- pro-mote,
- in-citing,
- talk in to,
- fanning fire,
- in cited,
- in-cites,
- pro moting,
- talked in to,
- pro-motes,
- talked into,
- pro-moting,
- putting to,
- fan fire,
- puts up to,
- keying up,
- fans the fire,
- keys up,
- co-axed,
- fans fire,
- fanned fire,
- fanned the fire,
- fanning the fire,
- co axed,
- in citing.
- gave impetus,
- re-assures,
- in-spired,
- pro-duces,
- re assures,
- re assured,
- re-assured,
- giving idea,
- in spiring,
- in-spire,
- gives one an idea,
- gives impetus,
- being responsible for,
- art responsible for,
- re-assure,
- wert responsible for,
- in-stilling,
- in stilling,
- giving an idea,
- starting off,
- gave an idea,
- giving impetus,
- in spired,
- give an idea,
- am responsible for,
- gives idea,
- in spire,
- gave idea,
- giving one idea,
- starts off,
- in-fusing,
- give one idea,
- in-spiring,
- in-spires,
- was responsible for,
- commoves,
- in fuses,
- in spires,
- give idea,
- gives one idea,
- gave one idea,
- in fused,
- in-fuse,
- were responsible for,
- re-assuring,
- Commoved,
- in-stilled,
- pro duce,
- in-fused,
- wast responsible for,
- giving one an idea,
- pro duces,
- re assure,
- in-fuses,
- gives an idea,
- in fusing,
- are responsible for,
- gave one an idea,
- in fuse,
- in stilled.
- in sinuated,
- rabble rouses,
- in sinuates,
- setting on,
- in sinuate,
- rabble rousing,
- rabble-roused,
- rabble-rouses,
- rabblerouses,
- sets on,
- rabblerousing,
- in sinuating,
- in-sinuate,
- rabble rouse,
- rabbleroused,
- rabblerouse,
- in-sinuating,
- rabble roused,
- adds fuel,
- in-sinuates.
- be stirring,
- gets smoking,
- gat smoking,
- be-stirring,
- gotten smoking,
- be stirred,
- be stir,
- be stirs,
- be-stirred,
- got smoking,
- be-stir,
- be-stirs,
- getting smoking.
- lighting up,
- making bright,
- limelighted,
- strike match,
- furnished with light,
- strikes match,
- struck match,
- furnishing with light,
- furnishes with light,
- struck a match,
- strook match,
- strikes a match,
- switches on,
- strook a match,
- makes bright,
- striking match,
- striking a match,
- made visible,
- limelighting,
- lights up,
- made bright,
- makes visible.
- drave out mind,
- drives distraction,
- drive distraction,
- drives crazy,
- drave out of mind,
- drove insane,
- driving crazy,
- drives to distraction,
- drave distraction,
- driving out mind,
- drove out of mind,
- drove out mind,
- drave to distraction,
- drave crazy,
- drives out of mind,
- drove distraction,
- driving insane,
- drives out mind,
- driving distraction,
- drive out mind,
- drives insane,
- driving out of mind,
- drave insane,
- driving to distraction,
- drove crazy.
- agonize,
- smart,
- anguish,
- wrench,
- afflict,
- sore,
- sting,
- stitch,
- throe,
- torture,
- torment,
- cramp,
- crick,
- hurt,
- throb,
- suffer,
- distress,
- rack,
- ache,
- discomfort.
- bring one feet,
- titivates,
- in-nerved,
- brought one's feet,
- brings one feet,
- brought to ones feet,
- Suscitating,
- trying ones patience,
- tried patience,
- brings ones feet,
- trying one patience,
- in-nervate,
- tries one patience,
- brings to one feet,
- calls forth,
- bringing to ones feet,
- innerves,
- tried one's patience,
- try one patience,
- brought one feet,
- tries patience,
- in-nerves,
- in nervate,
- tried one patience,
- in-nerving,
- be-ginning,
- bring one's feet,
- brings feet,
- brings to ones feet,
- working in to lather,
- works into lather,
- brings to one's feet,
- try patience,
- Suscitated,
- bringing to one feet,
- in nerved,
- work in to lather,
- tries ones patience,
- innervates,
- bringing ones feet,
- bring to one feet,
- in nerve,
- wrought in to lather,
- worked in to lather,
- in nerving,
- worked into lather,
- works in to lather,
- be ginning,
- trying patience,
- bringing to one's feet,
- brought feet,
- bringing one feet,
- try ones patience,
- in-nerve,
- bringing one's feet,
- be-gun,
- brought ones feet,
- innervated,
- bringing feet,
- brings one's feet,
- bring ones feet,
- brought to feet,
- bring to feet,
- bring feet,
- brought to one's feet,
- bring to ones feet,
- wrought into lather,
- innervating,
- be gun,
- tries one's patience,
- brings to feet,
- working into lather,
- drew forth,
- in nerves,
- tried ones patience,
- trying one's patience,
- suscitates,
- draws forth,
- brought to one feet,
- bringing to feet.
- dis countenancing,
- put on spot,
- impose up on,
- dis commode,
- dis countenance,
- dis satisfy,
- dis satisfies,
- imposing up on,
- imposes up on,
- dis countenances,
- dis commodes,
- dis obliges,
- dis-satisfies,
- dis-countenance,
- dis satisfying,
- imposed up on,
- putting on spot,
- imposing upon,
- puts on the spot,
- putting on the spot,
- dis oblige,
- dis-satisfied,
- in-commode,
- dis-obliged,
- putting the spot,
- puts the spot,
- dis-satisfy,
- dis obliged,
- dis-countenances,
- dis comfits,
- dis-oblige,
- dis-obliges,
- in-commodes,
- dis-countenanced,
- dis-commodes,
- dis-comfits,
- dis-commode,
- in commodes,
- put the spot,
- dis-comfit,
- dis comfit,
- dis obliging,
- dis-countenancing,
- in commode,
- dis-satisfying,
- dis countenanced,
- dis satisfied,
- puts on spot,
- puts spot,
- dis-obliging,
- put spot.
- gat ones goat,
- get ones goat,
- gets ones goat,
- getting one goat,
- got ones goat,
- gat one goat,
- gets goat,
- get one goat,
- getting ones goat,
- got goat,
- gat goat,
- gotten goat,
- getting one's goat,
- getting goat,
- gat one's goat,
- got one's goat,
- gotten one goat,
- got one goat,
- gotten one's goat,
- gotten ones goat,
- gets one goat.
- rubbing one wrong way,
- rub one wrong way,
- rubbed one wrong way,
- rubbed one the wrong way,
- rubbing one the wrong way,
- rubs one wrong way,
- rubs one the wrong way.
- gat going,
- re doubling,
- gets going,
- gotten going,
- re doubles,
- re-double,
- intensates,
- re doubled,
- Intensated,
- re-doubled,
- re-doubles,
- re double,
- re-doubling,
- Intensating.
- getting one started,
- build fire under,
- got one started,
- gat one going,
- gets started,
- dynamized,
- gotten one going,
- getting started,
- gotten started,
- got started,
- builds a fire under,
- getting one going,
- built a fire under,
- gets one started,
- dynamizing,
- gets one going,
- builded a fire under,
- builds fire under,
- building fire under,
- building a fire under,
- gotten one started,
- got one going,
- dynamizes,
- built fire under,
- gat started,
- gat one started,
- builded fire under.
- adds fuel to fire,
- adjies,
- adjied,
- adds fuel fire,
- stirred embers,
- stirs embers,
- adjying,
- stirring embers.
Other synonyms:
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- degrade,
- pervert,
- vitiate,
- complicate,
- worsen.
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- propel.
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- help.
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- work.
- get to,
- ventilated,
- PSYCH,
- turning on,
- got to,
- make flip,
- bug up,
- getting to,
- up set,
- flurry,
- ventilate,
- psychs,
- gets to,
- burn up,
- burned up,
- psyching,
- burning up.
- Dement,
- infatuate,
- infatuates,
- Distempering,
- drive mad,
- unbalancing,
- Infatuating,
- frenzying,
- Distempered.
- servicing,
- Gassed,
- fills up,
- filling up,
- filled up,
- stoke up,
- serviced,
- gas up,
- gassing,
- fill 'er up,
- fill up.
- heating,
- frizzles,
- warmed up,
- oxidates,
- oxidate,
- Smelted,
- set on fire,
- enflame,
- perspire,
- Sunning,
- Smelting,
- incandesce,
- raise the temperature,
- calorify,
- grow hot,
- reheats,
- re-heated,
- setting fire,
- frizzled,
- warms up,
- reheating,
- Oxidated,
- Oxidating,
- warm up,
- growing warm,
- sun,
- grow warm,
- warming up,
- frizzling,
- Sunned,
- reheated,
- frizzle,
- smelts,
- Tepefy,
- reheat.
- take fire,
- flares up,
- caught fire,
- burst into flames,
- started up,
- ignited,
- catch fire,
- flare up,
- set fire to,
- set alight,
- start up,
- catches fire,
- put match to.
- floodlit,
- highlighted,
- highlighting,
- switching on,
- floodlighted,
- lit up,
- strike a match,
- furnish with light,
- make visible,
- switched on,
- making visible,
- light up,
- switch on,
- floodlighting,
- make bright,
- lighted up,
- floodlights,
- highlights,
- floodlight,
- Lights.
- fizzing,
- light,
- enthuses,
- raise hell,
- triggers,
- enthusing,
- getting going,
- make sore,
- enraged,
- Innerving,
- embitter,
- leading to,
- commove,
- stew,
- keyed up,
- intoxicate,
- instigate,
- giving rise to,
- simmer,
- woke up,
- wake up,
- fire up,
- triggering,
- Titivated,
- kindle,
- gives rise to,
- call forth,
- push one's button,
- key up,
- bring to one's feet,
- Bestirred,
- get one's goat,
- get goat,
- trigger,
- intoxicates,
- Perking,
- rankle,
- steaming up,
- inspires,
- foment,
- bestirs,
- hit on,
- stirring up,
- offend,
- pain,
- Innerved,
- agitate,
- bestir,
- get one going,
- anger,
- led to,
- incite,
- leavening,
- madden,
- draw forth,
- Moiling,
- makes waves,
- set off,
- steamed up,
- heated up,
- dynamize,
- frothing,
- Impassion,
- Nettles,
- get one started,
- rousing,
- exasperate,
- is responsible for,
- Frothed,
- build a fire under,
- put up to,
- be violent,
- steam up,
- Rallied,
- lead to,
- Mads,
- Hacking,
- give one an idea,
- get on one's nerves,
- start off,
- carried away,
- lose temper,
- Trancing,
- boil over,
- drive up the wall,
- Intensate,
- woken,
- fire,
- toff,
- gets one's goat,
- rub salt in wound,
- started off,
- work into lather,
- rub one the wrong way,
- ferment,
- make waves,
- provoke,
- enrage,
- make see red,
- uplight,
- fan the flames,
- calling forth,
- rabble-rousing,
- in spirits,
- drawing forth,
- stir up,
- excite,
- try one's patience,
- leads to,
- get started,
- innervate,
- spark,
- be responsible for,
- arouse,
- inspired,
- obsessing,
- stir embers,
- get going,
- Spiriting,
- rile,
- got going,
- jazzed,
- make blood boil,
- carry away,
- craze,
- rattle one's cage,
- miff,
- try the patience of,
- adjy,
- chafe,
- Suscitate,
- froth,
- give rise to,
- Innerve,
- uplights,
- juiced,
- Hacked,
- get a rise out of,
- fuel,
- waked up,
- Fretting,
- called forth,
- rub salt in a wound,
- infuse,
- get under skin,
- exacerbate,
- put to,
- enthuse,
- juicing,
- perked,
- heats up,
- Titivating,
- feed the fire,
- rouse,
- IRED,
- miffed,
- give impetus,
- heat up,
- aggravate,
- irritate,
- Bestirring,
- rabble-rouse,
- waking up,
- stirred up,
- jazzing,
- boiling over,
- sending,
- stirs up,
- whip up,
- Commoving,
- get mad,
- get smoking,
- stimulate,
- set on,
- ask for it,
- stir,
- go from bad to worse,
- setting off,
- titivate,
- fan the fire,
- heat,
- toffs,
- transport,
- set fire,
- Madded,
- inspire,
- raising hell,
- fires up,
- incense,
- talk into,
- infect,
- sparkle.
How to use "Inflame" in context?
The word "inflame" has many different meanings and can be used in a number of ways. In general, it can be defined as to cause a fire to spread, to increase one's passion or intensity, or to activate something by igniting it. In some cases, it can also be used as an intensifier, particularly when applied to words or expressions that are carefully chosen to create a fiery effect.
The verb form of this word is "to set on fire," and this is the most common definition used in everyday conversation.
Paraphrases for Inflame:
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Verb, base form
enflame.
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Hyponym for Inflame:
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decline, exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate, worsen.
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