Inflame

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Inflame

Inflame : எரியக்கூடிய

Inflame definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.
  2. Fig.: To kindle or intensify, as passion or appetite; to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat; as, to inflame desire.
  3. To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
  4. To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of; as, to inflame the eyes by overwork.
  5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

Intransitive verb. To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.