Hers was truly an artless, unsophisticated kiss, and yet it was well calculated to inflame a young man's heart.
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Inflame
//ɪnˈfleɪm//
Synonyms for "inflame" (331 found)
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Verb(44 words)
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Verb(65 words)
lashlightlight a fire underlight upliven upmaddenmake angrymake someone see redmake someone's blood boilmotivatemotivemovenarkobligateobligeoffendoutragepiss offpromoteprompt
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pushput output someone's back upquickenraise someone's hacklesraise someone's shagranklerattle someone's cagerileroilrouserub the wrong wayruffle some featherssendset ablazeset afireset aflameset alightset fireset fire toset up someone's birsesharpenspark offspurspur onsteamstimulatestingstirstir the bloodstokesuscitatetemptthrilltick offtorchupseturgevitalisewarm the bloodwhetwhip upwind upwork upyerk
lash uplather uplightlight the fuselight uplipsticklivenmaddenmaddermartyrmartyrizemiffminiatemotivatemovenettlenipoverexcitepainpeeve
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pep upperk uppiercepinchpiqueprickprodprolong the agonyput output to tortureput up toquickenrackrallyrankleraspred-inkreddenrekindlerelightrelumerileriseroilrougerouserubrubifyrubricruddlerufflerustset astirset fire toset onset on fireset upsic onsnap upspur onstabsteam upstimulatestingstirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir the firestir upstokestoke the firestrike a lightsummon uptickletorchtormenttorturetouch offtransportturn ontweaktwisturgevermilionvexvilevitalizewakewake upwakenwarmwarm the bloodwhetwhip upwork intowork upwoundwringzip up
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Translations
46 translations across 15 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- kall verb (to kindle or intensify)
- ndez verb (to set on fire)
- ndez nzeh verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възпалявам verb (to put in a state of inflammation)
- запалвам verb (to set on fire)
- преувеличавам verb (to exaggerate)
- разпалвам verb (to kindle or intensify)
Czech
4 entries- rozdmýchat verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
- roznítit verb (to set on fire)
- roznítit verb (to kindle or intensify)
- roznítit verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
Esperanto
3 entries- ekbruligi verb (to set on fire)
- inflami verb (to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful)
- inflamigi verb (to put in a state of inflammation)
Finnish
4 entries- herättää verb (to kindle or intensify)
- lietsoa verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
- liioitella verb (to exaggerate)
- sytyttää verb (to set on fire)
French
1 entries- allumer verb (to set on fire)
Galician
2 entries- asañar verb (to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful)
- inflamar verb (to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful)
German
4 entries- anregen verb (to kindle or intensify)
- anzünden verb (to set on fire)
- aufbrausen verb (to grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful)
- aufpeitschen verb (to exaggerate)
Hindi
4 entries- उकसाना verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
- प्रज्वलन verb (to put in a state of inflammation)
- प्रज्वलित करना verb (to set on fire)
- भड़काना verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
Ingrian
3 entries- syttää verb (to set on fire)
- sytyttää verb (to set on fire)
- virittää verb (to set on fire)
Irish
1 entries- adhain verb (to set on fire)
Italian
1 entries- incendiare verb (to set on fire)
Māori
1 entries- whakakoikoi verb (to provoke to anger or rage)
Portuguese
1 entries- inflamar verb (to put in a state of inflammation)
Sardinian
1 entries- affoghizare verb (to set on fire)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The sight of all these things would have kindled love even among the aged and greatly did it inflame this young couple, already warmed by desire and longing for some other remedy, to love beyond a kiss and an embrace.
Source: tatoeba (6213104)
The ozone damaging the lungs of these young adults is an invisible gas, made of three oxygen atoms. When it's inhaled, ozone can irritate and inflame the sensitive internal tissues of the respiratory system. Nolen adds that ozone is usually accompanied by particle pollution such as diesel engine exhaust, which can cause further problems like heart attacks and strokes.
Source: tatoeba (12249471)
We should have made retreat / By light of the inflamed fleet.
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