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inflamed - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'inflamed' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Inflamed [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Inflame
2 . Inflamed [ p. a.]
- Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
- Represented as burning, or as adorned with tongues of flame.

Meaning of 'inflamed' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . inflamed [ s]
Meaning (1):
- resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened
Example in sentence:
  • eyes inflamed with crying
Meaning (2):
- lighted with red light as if with flames
Example in sentence:
  • reddened faces around the campfire;
  • streets ablaze with lighted Christmas trees;
  • the inflamed clouds at sunset