<p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).</li><li>to arouse to a high degree of passion or feeling:<ul><li>His harangue inflamed the rabble.</li></ul></li><li>Antonyms: soothe, cool</li><li>to incite or rouse, as to violence:<ul><li>His words inflamed the angry mob to riot.</li></ul></li><li>(of an emotion, as rage) to cause to redden or grow heated:<ul><li>Uncontrollable rage inflamed his face.</li></ul></li><li>to cause inflammation in:<ul><li>Her eyes were inflamed with crying.</li></ul></li><li>to raise (the blood, bodily tissue, etc.) to a morbid or feverish heat.</li><li>to set aflame, ablaze, or afire; set on fire.</li><li>to redden with or as with flames:<ul><li>The setting sun inflames the sky.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to burst into flame; take fire.</li><li>to be kindled, as passion.</li><li>to become hot with passion, as the heart.</li><li>to become excessively affected with inflammation.</li></ul>