All inflame synonyms
inΒ·flame
I i verb inflame
- ignite β to set on fire; kindle.
- agitate β If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
- disturb β to interrupt the quiet, rest, peace, or order of; unsettle.
- rouse β to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
- worsen β Make or become worse.
- infuriate β to make furious; enrage.
- roil β to render (water, wine, etc.) turbid by stirring up sediment.
- rile β to irritate or vex.
- arouse β If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- incense β an aromatic gum or other substance producing a sweet odor when burned, used in religious ceremonies, to enhance a mood, etc.
- kindle β (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- intensify β to make intense or more intense.
- stimulate β to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
- foment β to instigate or foster (discord, rebellion, etc.); promote the growth or development of: to foment trouble; to foment discontent.
- heat up β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- fire up β start ignition of
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- get β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- fire β combustion
- light β a light product, as a beer or cigarette.
- burn β If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- madden β to anger or infuriate: The delays maddened her.
- vex β to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
- increase β to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grate β a frame of metal bars for holding fuel when burning, as in a fireplace, furnace, or stove.
- heat β the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- fan β an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
- gall β (Pizi) 1840?β94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
- intoxicate β to affect temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance, especially to excite or stupefy with liquor.
- put out β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- impassion β to fill, or affect strongly, with intense feeling or passion; inflame; excite.
- steam up β water in the form of an invisible gas or vapor.
- anger β Anger is the strong emotion that you feel when you think that someone has behaved in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way.
- stir up β to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- aggravate β If someone or something aggravates a situation, they make it worse.
- embitter β Cause (someone) to feel bitter or resentful.
- enrage β Make very angry.
- exacerbate β Make (a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling) worse.
- exasperate β Irritate intensely; infuriate.
- excite β Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
- fuel β combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.