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in·flame

 (ĭn-flām′)
v. in·flamed, in·flam·ing, in·flames
v.tr.
1. To arouse to passionate feeling or action: crimes that inflamed the entire community.
2. To make more violent; intensify: "inflamed to madness an already savage nature" (Robert Graves).
3.
a. To cause (the skin) to redden or grow hot, as from strong emotion or stimulants.
b. To turn red or make glow: Great bonfires inflamed the night.
4. To produce inflammation in (a tissue or organ).
5. To set on fire; kindle.
v.intr.
1. To become excited or aroused.
2. To be affected by inflammation.
3. To catch fire.

[Middle English enflaumen, from Old French enflammer, from Latin īnflammāre : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + flammāre, to set on fire (from flamma, flame; see bhel- in Indo-European roots).]

in·flam′er n.
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inflamed

(ɪnˈfleɪmd)
adj
swollen, red, and painful as a result of disease or injury
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.inflamed - resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; "eyes inflamed with crying"
unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"
2.inflamed - lighted with red light as if with flamesinflamed - lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire"
light - characterized by or emitting light; "a room that is light when the shutters are open"; "the inside of the house was airy and light"
3.inflamed - adorned with tongues of flame
heraldry - the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies
adorned, decorated - provided with something intended to increase its beauty or distinction
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inflamed

adjective swollen, sore, red, hot, angry, infected, fevered, festering, chafing, septic Her eyes were sore and inflamed.
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Translations
zanícenýzapálený
betændt
tulehtunut
upaljen
bólginn, òrútinn
炎症を起こした
염증을 일으킨
inflammerad
ทำให้อักเสบ
iltihaplanmışkızarmışkızgın
bị viêm

inflamed

[ɪnˈfleɪmd] adj [skin, gums, joint, organ] → enflammé(e)
to become inflamed → devenir enflammé(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

inflamed

[ɪnˈfleɪmd] adj (Med) → infiammato/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

inflame

(inˈfleim) verb
to cause (feelings etc) to become violent.
inˈflamed adjective
hot and red especially because of infection. Her throat was very inflamed.
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inflamed

مُلْتَهِب zanícený betændt entzündet εξοργισμένος inflamado tulehtunut enflammé upaljen infiammato 炎症を起こした 염증을 일으킨 ontstoken betent rozogniony inflamado воспаленный inflammerad ทำให้อักเสบ kızgın bị viêm 发炎的
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inflamed

adj inflamado; to become — inflamarse
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References in classic literature ?
They are cold, and seek warmth from distilled waters: they are inflamed, and seek coolness from frozen spirits; they are all sick and sore through public opinion.
There was a dull pang of regret because it was not the kiss of love which had inflamed her, because it was not love which had held this cup of life to her lips.
Mucianus undid Vitellius, by a fame that he scattered, that Vitellius had in purpose to remove the legions of Syria into Germany, and the legions of Germany into Syria; whereupon the legions of Syria were infinitely inflamed. Julius Caesar took Pompey unprovided, and laid asleep his industry and preparations, by a fame that he cunningly gave out: Caesar's own soldiers loved him not, and being wearied with the wars, and laden with the spoils of Gaul, would forsake him, as soon as he came into Italy.
He it was whom I shall call Red-Eye in the pages of this history--so called because of his inflamed eyes, the lids being always red, and, by the peculiar effect they produced, seeming to advertise the terrible savagery of him.
Strands of her black hair lay round her inflamed and perspiring cheeks, her charming rosy mouth with its downy lip was open and she was smiling joyfully.
Notwithstanding their true interest with respect to the continental nations was really the same, yet by the arts and policy and practices of those nations, their mutual jealousies were perpetually kept inflamed, and for a long series of years they were far more inconvenient and troublesome than they were useful and assisting to each other.
The Excelsior Soap Company paid a very small return of any kind to its infantile agents, who were scattered through the state, but it inflamed their imaginations by the issue of circulars with highly colored pictures of the premiums to be awarded for the sale of a certain number of cakes.
This inflamed his rage; he repeated his threatenings, and turning to his companions, spoke with great vehemence in the Japanese language, as I suppose, often using the word CHRISTIANOS.
This slight wound I took little notice of, till my arm grew inflamed all over; in a short time the poison infected my blood, and I felt the most terrible convulsions, which were interpreted as certain signs that my death was near and inevitable.
When inflamed by this fiery beverage, they cut all kinds of mad pranks and gambols, and sometimes burn all their clothes in their drunken bravadoes.
They could undergo great privations, and were admirable for the service of the rivers, lakes, and forests, provided they could be kept sober, and in proper subordination; but once inflamed with liquor, to which they were madly addicted, all the dormant passions inherent in their nature were prone to break forth, and to hurry them into the most vindictive and bloody acts of violence.
Mattie Silver was the daughter of a cousin of Zenobia Frome's, who had inflamed his clan with mingled sentiments of envy and admiration by descending from the hills to Connecticut, where he had married a Stamford girl and succeeded to her father's thriving "drug" business.