verb

1. To set on fire; to kindle; to cause to burn, flame, or glow.

2. To kindle or intensify (a feeling, as passion or appetite); to excite to an excessive or unnatural action or heat.

   “to inflame desire”

3. To provoke (a person) to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

Synonyms: anger, arouse, enrage, exasperate, excite, fire, incense, irritate