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# inflamed

«inflamed» in Mova's school dictionary: **Red, swollen, hot and sore, usually because of an injury…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (inflamed, more inflamed); verb, past form of «inflame» (inflame, inflames, inflamed, inflaming)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (body) Red, swollen, hot and sore, usually because of an injury or infection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#m1)

2) (feelings) Made much angrier or more excited: an inflamed crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#m2)

3) (verb) Made a bad situation worse: his words inflamed the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, inflammation is the body's response to injury or germs — redness, heat, swelling and pain help healing. Doctors talk of inflamed tonsils, throats, joints or skin. In news and history, speeches can inflame anger. Phrases: inflamed skin, inflamed throat, inflamed tonsils, inflame tensions.

### examples

- My throat was red and inflamed, so I stayed home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x1)
- The cut became inflamed, so we went to the doctor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x2)
- Her eyes were inflamed from hay fever. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x3)
- The rude comment inflamed the argument. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x4)
- The speech inflamed the angry crowd. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x5)
- An inflamed appendix may need an operation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x6)
- Observing it to be much swollen and inflamed, he examined it and found a large thorn embedded in the ball of the foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/#x7)

### note

Noun «inflammation»; adjective «inflammatory» (causing anger or swelling). Trap: «inflammable» means easily set on fire — the same as «flammable», not the opposite! Seek an adult or doctor if a wound gets more inflamed, hot or spreads red.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inflamed» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inflamed/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.