inflammable
Capable of burning.
Adjective
- Capable of burning.
Synonyms: flammable combustible
Antonyms: nonflammable noninflammable unflammable uninflammable fireproof incombustible
- Easily set on fire.
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Synonyms: flammable
Antonyms: nonflammable noninflammable unflammable uninflammable fireproof incombustible
- Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
Synonyms: hot-headed quick to anger
Antonyms: level-headed unflappable
- Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
Synonyms: nonflammable noninflammable unflammable uninflammable fireproof incombustible
Antonyms: flammable combustible
Origin
From Middle French inflammable, from Medieval Latin īnflammābilis, from Latin īnflammāre (“to set on fire”), from in (“in, on”) + flamma (“flame”). Equivalent to inflame + -able.
Forms
Related
flammule inflame inflammability inflammable air inflammable cinnabar inflammation
Derived
Noun
- Any inflammable substance.