adjective
- easily set on fire; flammable
- easily angered or excited; quick to become emotional
Usage: often confused with ‘flammable’ but means the same thing
Usage: figurative use
Examples
- The warehouse stored inflammable chemicals that required special safety measures.
- Gasoline is highly inflammable and must be handled with extreme care.
- The old wooden building was so inflammable that it burned down in minutes.
- His inflammable temper made him difficult to work with during stressful projects.
- The politician’s inflammable rhetoric stirred up the crowd.
- Paper and dry leaves are inflammable materials that pose fire risks.