inflame
verb
[ ɪnˈfleɪm ]
• provoke or intensify (strong feelings, especially anger) in someone.
• "high fines further inflamed public feelings"
Similar:
incite,
arouse,
rouse,
provoke,
animate,
stir up,
work up,
whip up,
kindle,
fire,
ignite,
touch off,
foment,
actuate,
inspire,
stimulate,
agitate,
spur on,
aggravate,
exacerbate,
intensify,
worsen,
make worse,
compound,
add fuel to the flames,
fan the flames,
rub salt in the wound,
enrage,
incense,
anger,
infuriate,
exasperate,
madden,
send into a rage,
antagonize,
rile,
gall,
make someone see red,
make someone's blood boil,
drive mad/crazy,
empurple,
• cause inflammation in (a part of the body).
• "the finger joints were inflamed with rheumatoid arthritis"
• light up with or as if with flames.
• "the torches inflame the night to the eastward"
Origin:
Middle English enflaume, inflaume, from Old French enflammer, from Latin inflammare, from in- ‘into’ + flamma ‘flame’.
