Inflammatory Definition

ĭn-flămə-tôrē
adjective
Arousing passion or strong emotion, especially anger, belligerence, or desire.
American Heritage Medicine
Rousing or likely to rouse excitement, anger, violence, rioting, etc.
An inflammatory speech.
Webster's New World
Of, caused by, or characterized by inflammation.
Webster's New World
Relating to or involved in inflammation.
Inflammatory cells.
American Heritage Medicine

Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
noun

Any material that causes inflammation.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Inflammatory

Noun

Singular:
inflammatory
Plural:
inflammatories

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