| verb | cause inflammation in “The repetitive motion inflamed her joint” |
| verb | catch fire “The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles” |
| verb | cause to start burning “The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds” |
| verb | arouse or excite feelings and passions “The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor” |
| verb | become inflamed; get sore “His throat inflamed” |
| adjective | resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened “eyes inflamed with crying” |
| adjective | lighted with red light as if with flames “streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees” |
| adjective | adorned with tongues of flame |
| inflammatory | adjective | characterized or caused by inflammation |
| inflammation | noun | a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat |
| kindling | noun | material for starting a fire |
| inflaming | noun | arousal to violent emotion |
| heat | noun | the trait of being intensely emotional |