to inflame

Examples

• All

• The late afternoon light inflamed their pink chests, and I could more easily distinguish then between red-eyed females and brown-eyed males.

  Academic text (2009)

• Many think they cannot come to Christ until they first put away all their sin and give up all their lusts; but all your pains, before you come to the blood of Christ, will be like pouring oil upon the fire, which will inflame it even more.

  Blog text (25)

• As he turned the body over to look into the face, the sunlight hit the wall, inflaming the garden.

  Fiction book (1998)

• They say that in a nuclear explosion, everything inflames like paper within seconds.

  Skybound (2017)

• The memory her needle had inflamed had faded, but the place where the memory had been was tender as a wound.

  Fiction book (1996)

• It poured onto the filly's coat, inflaming it.

  Fiction book (1995)

• A dry leaf can easily inflame if exposed to an open flame.

• When the sparks from the fire landed on the dry grass, they inflamed it instantly.

Synonyms

B

to burn

vsto inflame

∞ 1.0

To be on fire or damage something with heat

is the transitive sense meaning to cause an object to begin burning

S

to set on fire

vsto inflame

110 3.0

Make something start burning

is the wider verb for making an object catch flame

T

to torch

vsto inflame

76 6.5

To set fire to something on purpose

is the general verb for causing burning, not always intentional

I

to ignite

vsto inflame

66 4.0

To make something start burning

is the general action of making an item begin burning

F

to fire

vsto inflame

17 1.0

To burn something to destroy it

focuses on causing ignition rather than on the resulting damage

C

to combust

vsto inflame

8 7.4

To catch fire or make something burn

is the transitive sense of causing an item to begin burning

S

to set ablaze

vsto inflame

5 4.8

To make something start burning

is the plain expression for causing ignition without extra nuance

K

to kindle

vsto inflame

4 3.7

To make wood, paper, or other material start to burn

is the general term focused on causing burning rather than method

B

to burn up

vsto inflame

3 4.6

To light up suddenly with a strong flame or bright light

is the general act of causing something to catch flame without intensity

S

to set afire

vsto inflame

2 4.1

Make something start to burn

is the general verb for making something catch flame

S

to set aflame

vsto inflame

1 5.1

To make something start burning

is the broader word for causing an object to catch flame

S

to set alight

vsto inflame

• UK

1 4.2

To make something start burning

is the common term for starting combustion in an object

C

to conflagrate

vsto inflame

9.9

To set fire to something

is the neutral verb for making an object catch flame

E

to enkindle

vsto inflame

• Archaic

9.1

To make something start to burn, like a fire or a strong feeling

is the plain act of making something catch flame, not figurative

Antonyms

E

to extinguish

23 4.4

Stop a fire, candle, or other light from burning

Phrasal Verbs

I

to inflame tensions

• Literature

1 7.4

Make people more angry and cause conflict between groups

I

to inflame public opinion

• Literature

1 7.7

To make many people feel angry or shocked about something

How Hot

to incinerate

33 7.1

to inflame

1 5.7

to light

905 1.0

to singe

6 4.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology