inflame

zuga, tunzura

Verb

Plain form (yanzu) inflame

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) inflames

Past tense (ya wuce) inflamed

Past participle (ya wuce) inflamed

Present participle (ana cikin yi) inflaming

1. (transitive) To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage. <> zuga, tunzura.

   "his eloquence inflamed the crowd" <> "zàlāƙàrsà tā tunzùrà tā̀rôn"

2. (transitive) To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow. <> sa wuta ta kama.
3. (transitive) (figurative) To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.
   1. Venerating the dead can easily inflame unbelievers to the point of unclean conduct.
      Bauta wa matattu tana motsa marasa bi su soma yin ayyukan da ba su da kyau.
   2. These, of course, were lies —designed to inflame anti-Semitic feelings.
      Amma waɗannan ƙarya ne—an shirya ne don a ji haushin Yahudawa.
4. (transitive) To put in a state of inflammation; to produce morbid heat, congestion, or swelling, of.
5. To exaggerate; to enlarge upon. <> ƙara gishiri.
6. (intransitive) To grow morbidly hot, congested, or painful; to become angry or incensed. <> hangula, rure.

Synonyms

1. provoke
2. fire
3. kindle
4. irritate
5. exasperate
6. incense
7. enrage
8. anger
9. excite
10. arouse

Related terms

1. inflammable
2. inflammatory
3. inflammation