Inflamed
[ɪn'flemd]
Definition
(adj.) adorned with tongues of flame .
(adj.) resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; 'eyes inflamed with crying' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Inflame
(p. a.) Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
(p. a.) Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.
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Examples
- Here the heart of St. Philip Neri was so inflamed with divine love as to burst his ribs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- And when they were all sneezing and inflamed, I'd mock 'em through the keyhole. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The wet wood which I had placed near the heat dried, and itself became inflamed. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- A few adroit words, one or two knowing tender glances of the eyes, and his heart was inflamed again and his doubts and suspicions forgotten. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- This success inflamed the wood owners and the charcoal burners and they destroyed Dudley's works. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The other eye inflamed: he lost the sight of that also. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Telegraph operators were naturally in touch with this movement, and Edison's fertile imagination was readily inflamed by the glowing idea of all these vague possibilities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- His mother had inflamed his mind by hints and vague speeches of some deep mystery about his parentage. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was violently swollen and inflamed, and I could scarcely endure to have it touched. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But the crazy notion was, nevertheless, present henceforth in his brain, ready to be inflamed by wine or flattery. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I had been awake the whole of the preceding night, my nerves were agitated, and my eyes inflamed by watching and misery. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In his inflamed, overwrought exasperation, he stopped the car, and they sat there, in the middle of the country lane, to have it out. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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