Inflammatory
[ɪn'flæmət(ə)rɪ] or [ɪn'flæmə'tɔri]
Definition
(adj.) characterized or caused by inflammation; 'an inflammatory process'; 'an inflammatory response' .
Editor: Ozzie--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
(a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.
(a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.
Checker: Sandra
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Inflaming, fiery.[2]. Incendiary, seditious.
Editor: Sallust
Examples
- Fever and inflammatory symptoms set in, and Mrs. Bute was forced to leave Sussex for Hampshire. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Quietness is everything in these inflammatory fevers, you know, my sweet. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The ball was driven out of an iron cylinder by the inflammatory power of powder. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
Editor: Sallust