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inflammatory

  • adjective
  • in·flam·ma·tor·y
  • /ɪnˈflæmət(ə)ɹi/

Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

Example

“Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.”

Other meanings

  1. Relating to, causing or caused by inflammation.

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “inflammatory” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.