Meaning of INFLAMMATORY
| Pronunciation: | | in'flamu`towree
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- [adj] characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response"
- [adj] arousing to action or rebellion
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| | Synonyms: | | incendiary, incitive, instigative, provocative, rabble-rousing, seditious, unhealthy |
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| | Definition: | | \In*flam"ma*to*ry\, a. [Cf. F. inflammatoire.]
1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition;
seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or
publications. --Burke.
3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause,
preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as,
an inflammatory disease.
{Inflammatory crust}. (Med.) Same as {Buffy coat}, under
{Buffy}.
{Inflammatory fever}, a variety of fever due to inflammation.
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| | Related Terms: | | agitating, agitational, agitative, breathtaking, charged, cliff-hanging, disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, enkindling, exciting, exhilarating, explosive, fervent, fervid, fiery, fomenting, frantic, frenzied, galvanic, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impressive, incendiary, incentive, inciting, incitive, inflaming, inflammative, instigating, instigative, insurgent, intoxicating, jarring, jolting, kindling, lighting, maddening, mind-blowing, moving, mutinous, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, passionate, perturbing, piquant, provocative, provoking, rabble-rousing, rabid, ravishing, rebellious, revolutionary, riotous, rousing, seditionary, seditious, soul-stirring, spirit-stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, suspenseful, suspensive, tantalizing, telling, thrilling, thrilly, traitorous, treacherous, troubling, unsettling, upsetting |
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