Meanings
comparative more inflammatory · superlative most inflammatory
- Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.
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Even in MAGA circles, Loomer is regarded as a loose cannon who loves to get attention from inflammatory comments that undermine the Republican Party.
2024 September 13, Jeet Heer, “How Donald Trump Got Loomered”, in The Nation, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2024 - Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
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As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms isn’t entirely known, but it seems to be related to high levels of cholesterol inducing an inflammatory response, which can also attract and trap more cellular debris over time.
2013 July-August, Stephen P. Lownie, David M. Pelz, “Stents to Prevent Stroke”, in American Scientist
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized or caused by inflammation
adjectivearousing to action or rebellion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Italic*en
- Proto-Italic*en-
- Latinin-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
- Proto-Italic*flagmā
- Latinflamma
- Latinflammō
- Latinīnflammō
- Latinīnflammātōrius
- Englishinflammatory
Derived from Latin īnflammātōrius. By surface analysis, inflammate + -ory.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek φλεγματώδης
- φλεγματώδης (phlegmatṓdēs)relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Arabic تَحْرِيضِيّ
- تَحْرِيضِيّ (taḥrīḍiyy)tending to inflame or provoke
Bulgarian възбуждащ, възпалителен
- възбуждащ (văzbuždašt)tending to inflame or provoke
- възпалителен (văzpalitelen)relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Catalan inflamatori, inflamatori
- inflamatoritending to inflame or provoke
- inflamatorirelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Chinese Mandarin 激發性 /激发性
- 激發性 /激发性 (jīfāxìng)tending to inflame or provoke
Czech zánětlivý
- zánětlivýrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Dutch opruiend, ontvlammend
- opruiendtending to inflame or provoke
- ontvlammendrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Esperanto flamiga
- flamigatending to inflame or provoke
Finnish yllyttävä, provosoiva
- yllyttävätending to inflame or provoke
- provosoivatending to inflame or provoke
- kiihottavatending to inflame or provoke
- tulehdus-relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
French inflammatoire
- inflammatoirerelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
German aufrührerisch, aufwieglerisch
- aufrührerischtending to inflame or provoke
- aufwieglerischtending to inflame or provoke
- beleidigendtending to inflame or provoke
- entzündungsförderndrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- phlogistischrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Greek φλεγμονώδης
- φλεγμονώδης (flegmonódis)relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Hindi उत्तेजक
- उत्तेजक (uttejak)tending to inflame or provoke
Hungarian gyulladásos, inflammatorikus
- gyulladásosrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
- inflammatorikusrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Italian infiammatorio
- infiammatoriorelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Latin īnflammātōrius
- īnflammātōriusrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Lithuanian uždegiminis
- uždegiminisrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Māori whakapātaritari
- whakapātaritaritending to inflame or provoke
Norwegian Bokmål inflammatorisk
- inflammatoriskrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Polish podburzający, zapalny
- podburzającytending to inflame or provoke
- zapalnyrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Portuguese inflamatório
- inflamatóriorelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Romanian inflamator
- inflamatorrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Russian подстрека́тельский, разжига́ющий
- подстрека́тельский (podstrekátelʹskij)tending to inflame or provoke
- разжига́ющий (razžigájuščij)tending to inflame or provoke
- воспали́тельный (vospalítelʹnyj)relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Spanish inflamatorio
- inflamatoriorelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Swedish provocerande, inflammatorisk
- provocerandetending to inflame or provoke
- inflammatoriskrelating to, causing, or caused by inflammation
Cite this entry
inflammatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflammatory
“inflammatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflammatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inflammatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inflammatory.
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