INFLAMED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for INFLAMED?

Need another word that means the same as “inflamed”? Find 4 synonyms and 30 related words for “inflamed” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Inflamed” are: ablaze, reddened, swollen, puffed up

Inflamed as an Adjective

Definitions of "Inflamed" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “inflamed” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Adorned with tongues of flame.
• Lighted with red light as if with flames.
• (of a part of the body) red or swollen as a result of inflammation.
• (of strong feelings) provoked or intensified.
• Resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened.

Synonyms of "Inflamed" as an adjective (4 Words)

ablaze	Keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement. His eyes were ablaze with excitement.
puffed up	Gathered for protruding fullness.
reddened	Reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion. Reddened faces around the campfire.
swollen	Characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance. So swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty.

Usage Examples of "Inflamed" as an adjective

• Inflamed passions overrode reasoning.
• Inflamed eyes and lips.
• Eyes inflamed with crying.
• The inflamed clouds at sunset.

Associations of "Inflamed" (30 Words)

aggravate	Exasperate or irritate. This drug aggravates the pain.
agitative	Tending to agitate or move (something); involving agitation.
anger	Fill someone with anger provoke anger in. The news angered him.
arouse	Stop sleeping. An ability to influence the audience and to arouse the masses.
bulb	Lower or hindmost part of the brain continuous with spinal cord bulb is an old term for medulla oblongata. The bulb of a syringe.
burn	A mark left on something as a result of being burned. A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate.
combust	Undergo combustion. The oily rags combusted spontaneously.
combustion	The process of burning something. A large combustion plant.
enkindle	Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses. The glare from its enkindled roof illumined its innermost recesses.
enrage	Put into a rage; make violently angry. The students were enraged at these new rules.
erupt	Erupt or intensify suddenly. Noise erupted from the drawing room.
exasperate	Exasperate or irritate. This futile process exasperates prison officers.
flammable	Easily set on fire. The use of highly flammable materials.
furnace	An appliance fired by gas or oil in which air or water is heated to be circulated throughout a building in a heating system. Her car was a furnace.
furor	A sudden outburst (as of protest.
heat	A source or level of heat for cooking. The fierce heat of the sun.
ignite	Arouse or inflame (an emotion or situation. The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor.
incendiary	An incendiary bomb or device. Every bard was regarded as an incendiary.
incense	The smoke or perfume of incense. Incense sticks.
infuriate	Make (someone) extremely angry and impatient. I was infuriated by your article.
inspire	Draw in (air. Their past record does not inspire confidence.
kindle	Become impassioned or excited. The young man kindled at once.
motivate	Request (something) and present facts and arguments in support of one’s request. He said he would motivate funds to upgrade the food stalls.
offend	Cause to feel resentment or indignation. Those activities which offend against public order and decency.
provoke	Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. Rachel refused to be provoked.
pyrotechnic	Relating to fireworks. A pyrotechnic display.
rage	Something that is desired intensely. His face turned red with rage.
smoulder	Smoke coming from a smouldering fire. The smoulder suddenly became a blaze.
tinder	Dry, flammable material, such as wood or paper, used for lighting a fire. They slashed down the undergrowth for tinder.
torch	Tall stalked very woolly mullein with densely packed yellow flowers ancient Greeks and Romans dipped the stalks in tallow for funeral torches. The shops had been looted and torched.