inflames

verb

1. 1

   To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

2. 2

   To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.

   “to inflame desire”

3. 3

   To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

4. 4

   To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.

   “to inflame the eyes by overwork”

5. 5

   To exaggerate; to enlarge upon.

6. 6

   To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed.