enflames
Sparks intense passion
Enflames is a less common spelling of inflames, meaning to intensify emotion or reaction: His speech enflamed the crowd.
It also means to cause inflammation in body tissue, or literally to set on fire.
The spelling with "en-" appears occasionally but "in-" dominates in modern usage.
Intense violent anger
- rageIntense, violent anger
- wrathFierce, punishing anger
- outrageFierce moral indignation
- ireIntense fury
indignation · resentment · hostility · animosity · incense · infuriate · enrage · provoke
Urge toward action
foment · goad · antagonize · aggravate · exacerbate · intensify · escalate · fuel
fury
Intense violent anger
ire · indignation · resentment · hostility · animosity · incense · infuriate · enrage · provoke · aggravate
incite
Urge toward action
instigate · foment · goad · antagonize · aggravate · exacerbate · intensify · escalate · fuel · fan
ardor
Intense emotional warmth
yearning · fervor · infatuation · romance · sensuality · rapture · ecstasy · devotion · chemistry · obsession
kindle
Start a blaze
burn · scorch · char · smolder · conflagration · inferno · incendiary · arson · wildfire · firestorm
enflamessoothes
Gently relieves distress
calms · pacifies · mollifies · appeases · tranquilizes
enflamesdefuses
Renders safe from detonation
de-escalates · extinguishes · douses · suppresses · quells