inflammatory
Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
Adjective
- Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
- Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.
- Even in MAGA circles, Loomer is regarded as a loose cannon who loves to get attention from inflammatory comments that undermine the Republican Party. - 2024 September 13, Jeet Heer, “How Donald Trump Got Loomered”, in...
- Relating to, causing, or caused by inflammation.
- As we age, the major arteries of our bodies frequently become thickened with plaque, a fatty material with an oatmeal-like consistency that builds up along the inner lining of blood vessels. The reason plaque forms...
Origin
Etymology tree English inflame English -ate English -ory English -atory English inflammatory From inflame + -atory.
Forms
Derived
angioinflammatory antiinflammatory anti-inflammatory autoinflammatory counterinflammatory fibroinflammatory hyperinflammatory hypoinflammatory immunoinflammatory inflammasome inflammatorily inflammatoriness inflammatory bowel disease infliximab microinflammatory necroinflammatory neuroinflammatory noninflammatory oncoinflammatory parainflammatory pelvic inflammatory disease pelvic inflammatory disorder postinflammatory preinflammatory
Noun
- Any material that causes inflammation