Synonyms of inflamed

inflamed 1 of 2

adjective

variants also enflamed

1

as in burning

being on fire

the inflamed hillsides in one of the largest wildfires in the state's history

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burning
• flaming
• blazing
• ignited
• smoldering
• flickering
• burned
• aflame
• lit
• kindled
• fiery
• afire
• charred
• combusting
• glowing
• alight
• conflagrant
• ablaze
• flaring
• searing
• live
• aglow
• scorched
• hot
• seared
• scorching
• broiling
• singed
• sizzling
• scalding
• red-hot
• roasting
• piping hot
• incinerated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• damped
• choked
• quenched
• smothered
• dead
• extinguished
• stamped (out)
• snuffed (out)
• suffocated
• doused

2

as in angry

feeling or showing anger

he gets red-faced when he's inflamed enough

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angry
• enraged
• infuriated
• outraged
• indignant
• angered
• mad
• furious
• ballistic
• infuriate
• sore
• rabid
• irritable
• irate
• passionate
• incensed
• apoplectic
• riled
• wrathful
• livid
• hot
• annoyed
• fuming
• choleric
• hot under the collar
• steaming
• aggravated
• foaming
• in a huff
• bent out of shape
• fit to be tied
• in a pet
• blue in the face
• roiled
• hopping mad
• ireful
• rankled
• in a fume
• wroth
• cheesed off
• exasperated
• seething
• ticked
• shirty
• hopping
• embittered
• boiling
• going crook
• virulent
• burning
• steamed up
• smoldering
• antagonistic
• horn-mad
• vindictive
• rancorous
• bristling
• resentful
• unpleasant
• vengeful
• spiteful
• riley
• cross
• inflammable
• acrimonious
• malevolent
• vitriolic
• teed off
• antipathetic
• wrought (up)
• bristly
• huffy
• disagreeable
• stormy
• inimical
• ranting
• perturbed
• sizzling
• acrid
• worked up
• bilious
• dyspeptic
• sulky
• icy
• irascible
• fretful
• distant
• cold
• peevish
• petulant
• raving
• unfriendly
• antisocial
• bitter
• snappish
• piqued
• belligerent
• frigid
• testy
• grumpy
• touchy
• querulous
• cantankerous
• quarrelsome
• ill-tempered
• cranky
• ornery
• churlish
• pugnacious
• disapproving
• grouchy
• disputatious
• contentious
• sorehead
• crabby
• fussy
• bearish
• cool
• ill-humored
• contrary
• argumentative
• quick-tempered
• put out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• delighted
• accepting
• pleased
• agreeable
• accommodating
• amenable
• complaisant
• friendly
• sympathetic
• content
• satisfied
• cordial
• happy
• amicable
• obliging
• angerless
• tolerant
• calm
• understanding
• empathetic
• sweet
• pleasant
• placid
• kind
• peaceable
• serene
• amiable
• tranquil
• pacific
• good-natured
• genial
• affable
• easygoing
• unembittered
• good-tempered

inflamed

2 of 2

verb

variants also enflamed

past tense of inflame

1

as in angered

to make angry

the newspaper editorial inflamed her enough to inspire her to dash off a letter to the editor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• angered
• infuriated
• enraged
• irritated
• annoyed
• outraged
• incensed
• riled
• maddened
• roiled
• rankled
• offended
• aggravated
• ired
• steamed up
• provoked
• ticked off
• madded
• exasperated
• nettled
• vexed
• rubbed the wrong way
• affronted
• ruffled
• burned (up)
• piqued
• miffed
• crossed
• got one's goat
• embittered
• peeved
• huffed
• put out
• antagonized
• got
• envenomed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• gratified
• pleased
• delighted
• relieved
• soothed
• allayed
• comforted
• assuaged
• consoled
• appeased
• calmed
• pacified
• settled
• quieted
• mollified
• captivated
• enchanted
• charmed
• disarmed
• lulled
• bewitched
• placated
• beguiled
• conciliated

2

as in burned

to set (something) on fire

a carelessly tossed cigarette inflamed the papers in the trash can

Synonyms & Similar Words

• burned
• ignited
• scorched
• kindled
• lit
• enkindled
• torched
• illumined
• fired
• baked
• illuminated
• cooked
• charred
• immolated
• broiled
• set off
• brightened
• irradiated
• lightened
• seared
• rekindled
• ashed
• incinerated
• radiated
• frizzled
• reignited
• stoked
• deflagrated
• cremated
• scalded
• relit
• kilned
• scathed
• banked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• extinguished
• put out
• quenched
• choked
• smothered
• stamped (out)
• obscured
• doused
• snuffed (out)
• darkened
• blackened
• suffocated
• dimmed
• dulled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inflamed

Adjective

When gut microbes from inflamed mice were transferred into mice raised without microbes, the recipient mice also became more susceptible to food reactions. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Wall said a patchy beard or sideburn loss could be a sign of a scarring hair disorder, and added anyone with sudden, patchy, inflamed or scar-like loss of beard hair should consider seeing a dermatologist. — Gavin Escott, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2026

Know your treatment options Plain dandruff and a more inflamed seborrheic dermatitis flare-up aren’t always easy to tell apart on your own, but the timeline is a good clue. — Ayren Jackson-Cannady, Allure, 20 Aug. 2026

Left-hander Connelly Early has not pitched since June 30 due to an inflamed elbow. — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

In the short term, maintaining regular, soft bowel movements can help relieve straining (more on this next), lessening symptoms such as pain, itching, and bleeding from inflamed veins. — Sarah Garone, Health, 30 Apr. 2026

By age 50, at least half of adults will suffer through a bout of inflamed, itchy veins, or hemorrhoids, that are literally a pain in the butt. — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC news, 29 Apr. 2026

The lefty underwent his second Tommy John surgery in August 2023 and then missed the entire 2025 season due to an inflamed nerve in his left triceps. — CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026

Thanks to the exosome delivery system, these ingredients are able to very quickly provide deep yet weightless hydration, tighter, less inflamed skin with a stronger barrier. — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 1 Apr. 2026

Verb

The intervention of House Democrats' campaign arm in the primary, as well as in other primary contests, inflamed tensions within the party over its future as left-wing challengers won a number of primaries this cycle. — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Frozen shoulder, also called adhesive capsulitis, develops when the capsule of connective tissue surrounding the shoulder joint becomes inflamed, thickened and tight. — Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 3 Nov. 2026

This new ringworm, which is highly contagious, causes chronic, inflamed, and itchy skin plaques all over the body. — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 27 Oct. 2026

But the eleventh-hour blitz of No On 3 ads that Keep Florida Clean funded, warning of the greed of Big Weed, inflamed voters’ private worries of societal decay. — Christopher Spata, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

Then there’s the new electric Jaguar, a machine that inflamed the Internet and became the subject of global controversy when its conceptual precursor was revealed in late 2024. — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2026

The killing of a woman in Okinawa has sparked an outcry across Japan and inflamed long-simmering tensions over the US military presence on the island. — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 7 Oct. 2026

The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed the safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar actions involving OpenAI’s models including breaching an Australian health department website. — Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

The Hugging Face incident was a high-profile breach that inflamed the safety concerns about AI, which were followed by similar rogue actions involving OpenAI's models including breaching an Australian health department website. — ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026