adj
Meaning 1
Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inflammatory
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈflæməthəɹɪi̯]
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Received-Pronunciation: [ɪnˈflæmətɹ̝̊ɪi̯]
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/ɪnˈflæməˌtoɹi/ without æ-raising
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[ɪnˈflæməˌthoɹɪi̯] without æ-raising
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/ɪnˈflæməˌtɔɹi/ without æ-raising
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[ɪnˈflæməˌthɔɹɪi̯] without æ-raising
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/ɪnˈfleə̯məˌtoɹi/ æ-raising
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/ɪnˈflɛəməˌtoɹi/ æ-raising
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Any material that causes inflammation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characterized or caused by inflammation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an inflammatory process
- an inflammatory response
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
arousing to action or rebellion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: incendiary, incitive, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English enflaumen English inflame English -ate English -ory English -atory English inflammatory From inflame + -atory.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَحْرِيضِيّ (taḥrīḍiyy) — tending to inflame or provoke
- Bulgarian: възбуждащ (vǎzbuždašt) — tending to inflame or provoke
- Catalan: inflamatori — tending to inflame or provoke
- Chinese Mandarin: 激發性 /激发性 (jīfāxìng) — tending to inflame or provoke
- Dutch: opruiend — tending to inflame or provoke
- Esperanto: flamiga — tending to inflame or provoke
- Finnish: yllyttävä — tending to inflame or provoke
- Finnish: provosoiva — tending to inflame or provoke
- Finnish: kiihottava — tending to inflame or provoke
- German: aufrührerisch — tending to inflame or provoke
- German: aufwieglerisch — tending to inflame or provoke
- German: beleidigend — tending to inflame or provoke
- Hindi: उत्तेजक (uttejak) — tending to inflame or provoke
- Māori: whakapātaritari — tending to inflame or provoke
- Polish: podburzający — tending to inflame or provoke
- Russian: подстрека́тельский (podstrekátelʹskij) — tending to inflame or provoke
- Russian: разжига́ющий (razžigájuščij) — tending to inflame or provoke
- Swedish: provocerande — tending to inflame or provoke
- Bulgarian: възпалителен (vǎzpalitelen) — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Catalan: inflamatori — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Czech: zánětlivý — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Dutch: ontvlammend — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Finnish: tulehdus- — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- French: inflammatoire — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- German: entzündungsfördernd — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- German: phlogistisch — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Greek: φλεγμονώδης (flegmonódis) — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Ancient Greek: φλεγματώδης (phlegmatṓdēs) — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Hungarian: gyulladásos — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Hungarian: inflammatorikus — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Italian: infiammatorio — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Lithuanian: uždegiminis — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Norwegian Bokmål: inflammatorisk — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Norwegian Nynorsk: inflammatorisk — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Polish: zapalny — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Portuguese: inflamatório — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Romanian: inflamator — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Russian: воспали́тельный (vospalítelʹnyj) — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Spanish: inflamatorio — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- Swedish: inflammatorisk — relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
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