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inflaming

inflaming

7.5
The act of causing strong, often angry feelings in people
  • noun
  • /ɪnˈfleɪmɪŋ/
translation icon : provocación
  • Crab's 1655 pamphlet, The English Hermite, repeated the common belief that Adam was a vegetarian and further denounced meat-eating as conducive to violence because of its inflaming effects on the blood.

Examples

  • Are you actually just exploiting an inflaming conflict for your own ends?

  • It would depend on how much they stressed things like Angers role in, in inflaming the liver.

  • In relation to traditional pictorial or photographic representation, projection constitutes an inflaming of the image, a flourish in the sense of a lyrical transport.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The report described the politician's speech as an inflaming call to action that stirred intense emotions among the crowd.

  • His comments about the controversial topic were seen as inflaming, causing heated debates in the community.

  • Many believe that social media can play a role in inflaming public opinion and inciting strong reactions.

Synonyms

provocation
vsinflaming
58 7.2

An action or comment that makes someone react, often making them angry

arouses stronger or violent emotions rather than simple annoyance
incitement
vsinflaming
  • NSFW
13 8.1

To encourage people to do something illegal or violent

raises strong or violent emotions rather than directly urging illegal acts
instigation
vsinflaming
5 7.5

The act of encouraging people to start trouble or a protest

focuses on stirring strong or violent emotions rather than initiating actions
incitation
vsinflaming
1 8.6

An action or speech that urges people to do something, often in a harmful way

arouses strong or violent emotions rather than merely prompting action
fomentation
vsinflaming
  • Formal
9.9

Encouraging people to cause trouble or public anger

aims to stir strong or violent emotions rather than to plan trouble

Antonyms

calming
6 2.6

An action that makes someone less angry or upset

How Inflammatory

call to arms
  • Formal
9 5.9
to incite
  • NSFW
72 7.7
inflaming
7.5
to stir up
48 4.8
provoking
8 4.2

Surface Forms

inflaming singular
inflamings plural

Morphology

inflaming = inflame (semi-transparent) = in + flame + ing

The formation from the verb 'inflame' to the noun/gerund 'inflaming' by adding '-ing' is a standard, directly derivable process.

Etymology

Inflaming comes from the Latin word inflammare, made of in- 'in' and flamma 'flame', and it originally meant 'to set on fire'. So, to inflame someone is like 'setting fire to' their feelings, making emotions very strong or even violent.