adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of inflame form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Resulting from or affected by inflammation.
2. 2
   Appearing to be in flames; as if made of fire.
3. 3
   Aroused in temper, liable to violence

Adjective

1. 1
   adorned with tongues of flame wordnet
2. 2
   lighted with red light as if with flames wordnet
3. 3
   resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

reddenedablazeablazeadornedafireaflame

Example

More examples

"Don't scratch your mosquito bite. It'll get inflamed."

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