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infirmity n. 1 weakness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, debility,
decrepitude, sickliness: At 100, she finally succumbed to
infirmity, and ceased going out altogether. 2 sickness, ailment,
disease, malady, affliction, disorder, defect, complaint: What
infirmity struck him down?
inflame v. 1 arouse, incite, touch off, ignite, enkindle, provoke,
rouse, excite, impassion, foment, incense, agitate, stir (up),
fire (up), heat, anger, enrage, madden, infuriate, whip or lash
up, work up, rile, exasperate, stimulate, animate, move,
motivate, urge, prod, goad, spur (on), rally, drive: The
speakers inflamed the crowd to riot against the police. 2
aggravate, intensify, deepen, heighten, fan, exacerbate,
increase, augment, fuel: She inflamed his dislike of his
brother into hatred.
inflamed adj. irritated, sore, angry, chafing, chafed, red, swollen,
heated, hot, fevered, feverish, infected, septic: The wound
became inflamed and we had no medicine to reduce the infection.
inflammable
adj. burnable, combustible, flammable: The plastic foam
formerly used to stuff furniture is highly inflammable.
inflammation
n. irritation, redness, swelling, sore, infection: The
inflammation subsided as the injection took effect.
inflammatory
adj. incendiary, fiery, inflaming, explosive, rousing,
provocative, rabid, rabble-rousing, passionate, fervent, fervid,
frantic, frenzied, fomenting, demagogic, insurgent, riotous,
mutinous, seditious, rebellious, revolutionary, traitorous,
treacherous: His inflammatory speeches at the university
created tension between the students and the administration.
inflate v. 1 blow up, balloon, expand, dilate, enlarge, swell, pump up,
puff up or out, distend: We inflated two plastic bags to use as
floats. 2 boost, increase: The price of the company's shares
was inflated by rumours of a take-over bid. 3 exaggerate,
amplify, magnify, blow up: He tends to inflate to huge
proportions the small contribution he made to the project.