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Antonyms for inflammatory

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-flam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈflæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Definition of inflammatory

Origin :
  • 1680s (n.), from Latin inflammat-, past participle stem of inflammare (see inflame) + -ory. As an adjective, "tending to rouse passions or desires," 1711; from 1732 in pathology.
  • adj instigative, angering
Example sentences :
  • They call them seditious and inflammatory, which was far from being their character.
  • Extract from : « Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. » by Josiah Quincy
  • The New York Herald was full of wild and inflammatory words.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • "The resolutions are inflammatory," objected the speaker, Mr. Robinson.
  • Extract from : « From Farm House to the White House » by William M. Thayer
  • The matter in those other libels may be of a more aggravated or inflammatory character than in that set out in the first count.
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. » by Unknown
  • Almost every article produced the most inflammatory disputes.
  • Extract from : « The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. » by Tobias Smollett
  • The inflammatory attacks are to be treated on general principles.
  • Extract from : « Essentials of Diseases of the Skin » by Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The inflammatory and other changes rarely affect the gullet.
  • Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth
  • What was the nature of that editorial in the Globe—was it inflammatory?
  • Extract from : « Report of the Committee Appointed to Investigate the Railroad Riots in July, 1877 » by Various
  • I agree with you that the inflammatory articles in the papers do us much harm.
  • Extract from : « On the Trail of Grant and Lee » by Frederick Trevor Hill
  • Its diseases are those which arise from inflammatory action in the tissues.
  • Extract from : « Astrology » by Sepharial

Synonyms for inflammatory

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