Synonyms of the word

inflammation

• n. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire.
• n. The state of being inflamed.
• n. (medicine) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction…
• n. (archaic) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence.

arousal

• n. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
• n. Sexual arousal.
• n. A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart…
• n. Arousal from sleep or hibernation.

burning

• v. present participle of burn.
• adj. So hot as to seem to burn (something).
• adj. Feeling very hot.
• adj. Feeling great passion.
• adj. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful.
• n. The act by which something burns or is burned.
• n. A fire.

combustion

• n. (chemistry) The act or process of burning.
• n. A process where two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
• n. A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
• n. (figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.

excitation

• n. The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
• n. The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
• n. (physiology) The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of…
• n. (physics) The change in state as an excited state is formed by the absorption of a quantum of energy.

excitement

• n. (uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
• n. (countable) something that excites.

fervor

• n. (US) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
• n. (US) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
• n. (US) Heat.

fervour

• n. An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour.
• n. A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
• n. Heat.

firing

• n. The process of applying heat or fire, especially to clay etc to produce pottery.
• n. The fuel for a fire.
• n. The discharge of a gun or other weapon.
• n. The dismissal of someone from a job.
• v. present participle of fire.

ignition

• n. The act of igniting.
• n. The initiation of combustion.
• n. A system for activating combustion in a combustion engine.

inflaming

• v. present participle of inflame.

kindling

• n. Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
• n. The act by which something is kindled.
• v. present participle of kindle.

lighting

• n. The equipment used to provide illumination; the illumination so provided.
• n. The act of activating such equipment, or of igniting a flame etc.
• n. The process of annealing metals.
• v. present participle of light.

redness

• n. The quality of being red in color.
• n. A red discoloration.

rousing

• adj. That rouses or excites.
• v. present participle of rouse.
• n. The act by which somebody or something is roused.

rubor

• n. (pathology) Redness, one of the main signs of inflammation.

symptom

• n. (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease…
• n. (figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else,…