What the mayor is claiming is spurious and inflammatory.
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Inflammatory
//ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi//
Synonyms for "inflammatory" (91 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Strong matches (27)
Related words (45)
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29 entriesShowing 16 of 29 words.
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1 entriesdistinct from
1 entriesrelated to
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φλεγματώδης adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Arabic
1 entries- تَحْرِيضِيّ adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възбуждащ adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- възпалителен adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Catalan
2 entries- inflamatori adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- inflamatori adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 激發性 /激发性 adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Czech
1 entries- zánětlivý adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Dutch
2 entries- ontvlammend adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
- opruiend adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Esperanto
1 entries- flamiga adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Finnish
4 entries- kiihottava adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- provosoiva adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- tulehdus adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
- yllyttävä adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
French
1 entries- inflammatoire adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
German
4 entries- aufrührerisch adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- aufwieglerisch adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- beleidigend adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- entzündungsfördernd adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Greek
1 entries- φλεγμονώδης adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Hindi
1 entries- उत्तेजक adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Hungarian
2 entries- gyulladásos adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
- inflammatorikus adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Italian
1 entries- infiammatorio adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Lithuanian
1 entries- uždegiminis adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Māori
1 entries- whakapātaritari adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- inflammatorisk adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- inflammatorisk adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Polish
2 entries- podburzający adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- zapalny adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Portuguese
1 entries- inflamatório adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Romanian
1 entries- inflamator adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Russian
3 entries- воспали́тельный adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
- подстрека́тельский adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
- разжига́ющий adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Spanish
1 entries- inflamatorio adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
Swedish
2 entries- inflammatorisk adj (relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation)
- provocerande adj (tending to inflame or provoke)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Gategno explained in a press interview that the restriction of access to the e-mail service had nothing to do with the release of the inflammatory video.
Source: tatoeba (2130729)
The troll army of Russia came knocking at the gate, armed with misinformation and inflammatory statements.
Source: tatoeba (3812366)
Stop being so inflammatory.
Source: tatoeba (5737986)
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