Inflammatory
11inflammatory — inflammable, inflammatory Inflammable has the same meaning, i.e. ‘easily set on fire’, as flammable, which is now preferred in official advisory contexts: see flammable. Inflammatory means ‘tending to cause inflammation (of the body)’ and… …
12inflammatory — inflammatorily, adv. /in flam euh tawr ee, tohr ee/, adj. 1. tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches. 2. Pathol. of or caused by inflammation. [1725 35; < L inflammat(us) (see INFLAMMATION) + ORY1] Syn. 1. fiery,… …
13inflammatory — adjective a) Tending to inflame or provoke somebody. Sam posted an inflammatory comment in the talk page. b) Causing or caused by inflammation …
14inflammatory — Pertaining to, characterized by, causing, resulting from, or becoming affected by inflammation. * * * in·flam·ma·to·ry in flam ə .tōr ē, .tȯr adj accompanied by or tending to cause inflammation <inflammatory diseases> * * *… …
15inflammatory — adj. Inflammatory is used with these nouns: ↑reaction, ↑remark, ↑rhetoric …
16inflammatory — adjective 1》 relating to or causing inflammation. 2》 arousing or intended to arouse angry or violent feelings: inflammatory language …
17inflammatory — adjective neither senator condemned the inflammatory language used by Sharpton Syn: provocative, incendiary, inflaming, inciting, agitating, stirring, rousing, provoking, fomenting, rabble rousing, seditious, subversive, mutinous; fiery,… …
18inflammatory — UK [ɪnˈflæmət(ə)rɪ] / US [ɪnˈflæməˌtɔrɪ] adjective 1) likely to make people feel angry inflammatory remarks 2) causing inflammation in a part of your body …
19inflammatory — [ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ri] adj likely to make people feel angry inflammatory remarks[/ex] …
20inflammatory — in•flam•ma•to•ry [[t]ɪnˈflæm əˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] adj. 1) tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches[/ex] 2) pat of or caused by inflammation • Etymology: 1725–35 in•flam ma•to′ri•ly, adv …
