inflammation

Noun

• the act of setting something on fire

• arousal to violent emotion

• the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
  • his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled
    
  • he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation
    

• a response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ignition , firing , lighting , kindling , inflaming , excitement , excitation , fervor , fervour , redness , rubor