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The Meaning of inflammatory

  • (a.) Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate.
  • (a.) Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications.
  • (a.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease.

Synonyms

incendiary , incitive , instigative , rabble-rousing , seditious

Rhymes

accusatory , alatorre , aleatory , allegory , ambulatory , anticipatory , articulatory , auditory , aurei , basore , belfiore , bonsignore , buonocore , cacciatore , category , celebratory , circulatory , compensatory , conciliatory , confirmatory , confiscatory , congratulatory , contributory , corey , corrie , corry , cory , coury , declaratory , defamatory , defiore , delore , delsignore , depilatory , depository , deregulatory , derogatory , desultory , detore , dettore , difiore , dilatory , discriminatory , dorey , dori , dorie , dormitory , dorrie , dory , eleonore , elinore , excretory , exculpatory , expiratory , explanatory , exploratory , fiore , fiori , florey , florrie , florry , flory , forie , forrey , forry , fujimori , glori , glory , gory , gregori , hallucinatory , hattori , haury , hoary , horae , hori , incantatory , inhibitory , inscore , interrogatory , inventory , investigatory , jory , kaori , kauri , kaury , korey , korry , kory , kumouri , laboratory , latorre , laudatory , lauri , laurie , lavatory , lawrie , lawry , lepore , liberatore , liguori , liquori , lorey , lori , lorie , lorrie , lorry , lory , lowrie , mandatory , maury , mcclory , mccrory , mcglory , mcgrory , mclaury , mcrorie , migratory , mondadori , montefiore , montessori , morey , mori , morrie , morry , mory , motonori , mowrey , mowry , multistory , norrie , obligatory , observatory , oratory , ory , oscillatory , outlawry , paratore , participatory , pecore , pesatori , polidori , predatory , preparatory , priore , prohibitory , promissory , purgatory , pylori , quarry , recore , reformatory , regulatory , repertory , repository , respiratory , retaliatory , revelatory , rorie , rory , salvatore , salvatori , santore , sartori , saury , sedore , senatore , serratore , shorey , signatory , sorey , statutory , storey , storie , story , tempore , territory , tori , torie , torii , torrey , torry , tory , towry , transitory , vanacore , vanstory , vidaurri , yasunori