inflammatory

B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings
US /ɪnˈflæməˌtoɹi/ UK /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/
adj noun Freq #30470

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Likely to make people very angry or excited.

    His inflammatory comments started a heated argument online.

  2. 2
    adj

    Causing or relating to inflammation in the body.

    The doctor prescribed an anti-inflammatory medicine for her swollen knee.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · likely to make people very... incendiaryprovocative
Word family
Derived forms angioinflammatoryanti-inflammatoryantiinflammatoryautoinflammatorycounterinflammatoryfibroinflammatoryhyperinflammatoryhypoinflammatoryimmunoinflammatoryinflammasomeinflammatorilyinflammatoriness

Etymology

From inflame + -atory.

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