adjective
- affected by or showing signs of inflammation; inflamed
- filled with intense emotion, especially anger or passion
Usage: often used in medical or physical contexts
Usage: figurative use
verb
- past tense and past participle of enflame; to cause inflammation in or to inflame
Usage: less common than inflame; often archaic or literary
Examples
- The patient's enflamed throat made swallowing painful.
- His enflamed passion for justice drove him to activism.
- The wound became enflamed after the injury.
- She spoke with an enflamed voice, her emotions barely contained.
- The enflamed debate between the two candidates grew heated.
- His enflamed sense of pride prevented him from apologizing.