5 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Inflame \In*flame"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Inflamed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Inflaming}.] [OE. enflamen, OF. enflamer, F. enflammer, L. inflammare, inflammatum; pref. in- in + flammare to flame, fr. flamma flame. See {Flame}.] 1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. [1913 Webster] We should have made retreat By light of the inflamed fleet. --Chapman. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire. [1913 Webster] Though more, it seems, Inflamed with lust than rage. --Milton. [1913 Webster] But, O inflame and fire our hearts. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. [1913 Webster] It will inflame you; it will make you mad. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 4. (Med.) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork. [1913 Webster] 5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] A friend exaggerates a man's virtues, an enemy inflames his crimes. --Addison. Syn: To provoke; fire; kindle; irritate; exasperate; incense; enrage; anger; excite; arouse. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Inflamed \In*flamed"\, p. a. 1. Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated. [1913 Webster] 2. (Her.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) Having an inflammation in; -- of tissues; as, an inflamed appendix. [PJC] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: decorated \decorated\ adj. having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly}; {bedaubed}; {bespectacled, monocled, spectacled}; {braided}; {brocaded, embossed, raised}; {buttony}; {carbuncled}; {champleve, cloisonne, enameled}; {crested, plumed having a decorative plume)}; {crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted}; {crested}; {embellished, ornamented, ornate}; {embroidered}; {encircled, ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out}; {feathery, feathered, plumy}; {frilled, frilly, ruffled}; {fringed}; {gilt-edged}; {inflamed}; {inlaid}; {inwrought}; {laced}; {mosaic, tessellated}; {paneled, wainscoted}; {studded}; {tapestried}; {tasseled, tasselled}; {tufted}; {clinquant, tinseled, tinselly}; {tricked-out}] Also See: {clothed}, {fancy}. Antonym: {unadorned}. Syn: adorned. [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: inflamed adj 1: resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; "eyes inflamed with crying" 2: lighted with red light as if with flames; "streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees"; "the inflamed clouds at sunset"; "reddened faces around the campfire" [syn: {ablaze(p)}, {reddened}] 3: adorned with tongues of flame From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 170 Moby Thesaurus words for "inflamed": Titian, Titian-red, ablaze, afire, aflame, aflicker, aglow, agog, algetic, alight, angry, aquiver, ardent, aroused, atingle, atwitter, blazing, bricky, burning, bursting, candent, candescent, cardinal, carmine, carnation, carnelian, carried away, cerise, chafed, chafing, cherry, cherry-colored, cherry-red, comburent, conflagrant, crimson, damask, delirious, ebullient, effervescent, excited, exhilarated, fanatic, febrile, ferruginous, festering, fevered, feverish, feverous, fiery, fire-red, fired, flagrant, flame-colored, flame-red, flaming, flaring, flickering, flushed, fuming, galled, glowing, gules, guttering, hard-core, heated, hectic, high, hopped up, hot, hotheaded, hyperpyretic, hyperthermic, ignescent, ignited, impassioned, in a blaze, in a fever, in a glow, in flames, incandescent, incarmined, infected, infrared, iron-red, irritated, keyed up, kindled, lake-colored, laky, lateritious, lathered up, live, living, lobster-red, lurid, madcap, manic, maroon, moved, on fire, passionate, port-wine, puce, pyretic, rankling, raw, ready to burst, red, red-dyed, red-hot, red-looking, reddened, reddish, reddish-amber, reddish-brown, reeking, roused, rubicund, rubiginous, rubric, rubricose, ruby, ruby-colored, ruby-red, ruddied, ruddy, rufescent, rufous, rust, rust-red, rusty, scarlet, scintillant, scintillating, scorching, sensitive, septic, smarting, smoking, smoldering, sore, sparking, stammel, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, swollen, tender, thrilled, tile-red, tingling, tingly, totally committed, turned-on, unextinguished, unquenched, vermilion, vinaceous, warm, whipped up, white-hot, wine, wine-colored, wine-red, worked up, wrought up, yeasty, zealous
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