enflammable
enflammable is the rare spelling of inflammable.
Meaning of inflammable
Adjective
inflammable (comparative more inflammable, superlative most inflammable)
- Capable of burning.
- Synonyms:
- flammable, combustible
- Antonyms:
- nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- Easily set on fire.
- On he went a few paces and touched a second, then a third, and a fourth, till at last we were surrounded on all three sides by a great ring of bodies flaring furiously, the material with which they were preserved having rendered them so inflammable that the flames would literally spout out of the...1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- flammable
- Antonyms:
- nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- Easily excited; set off by the slightest excuse; easily enraged or inflamed.
- Synonyms:
- hot-headed, quick to anger
- Antonyms:
- level-headed, unflappable
- Incapable of burning; not easily set on fire. From in- + flammable, via backformation.
- Synonyms:
- nonflammable, noninflammable, unflammable, uninflammable, fireproof, incombustible
- Antonyms:
- flammable, combustible
Forms of enflammable
| comparative | more enflammable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most enflammable |
Origin of enflammable
From enflame + -able.
Questions about enflammable
- What is enflammable the rare spelling of?
- Enflammable is the rare spelling of inflammable.
Words near enflammable in the dictionary
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