inflame

Definitions

• (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
• (transitive) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
• (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
• (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
• To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.
• (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.