Inflammatory

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  • adjective. Arousing passion or strong emotion, especially anger, belligerence, or desire.
  • adjective. Caused or characterized by inflammation.
  • adjective. Relating to or involved in inflammation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to inflame, or to excite or produce inflammation: as, inflammatory medicines.
  • Of the nature of, or accompanied or caused by, the morbid condition called inflammation: as, inflammatory rheumatism.
  • Of, pertaining to, or indicative of inflammation, or an inflamed condition: as, inflammatory symptoms.
  • Tending to excite passion, desire, etc.; of a nature to rouse anger, animosity, tumult, sedition, etc.: as, an inflammatory harangue.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
  • adjective. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious.
  • adjective. Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action.
  • adjective. Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy.
  • adjective. a variety of fever due to inflammation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
  • adjective. Causing or caused by inflammation.
  • noun. Any material that causes inflammation
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. characterized or caused by inflammation
  • adjective. arousing to action or rebellion
  • Word Usage
    "It cites a series of what he calls inflammatory statements that show "that judgments have been reached and the tenor of the hearing will be prosecutorial.""
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