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It is pretty silly for "flammable" and "inflammable" to be commonly defined as synonyms.

Also pretty silly for "flammable"/"inflammable" to be synonyms when "combustible"/"incombustible" are antonyms.

Does seem like folks ought to stop using the old definition of "inflammable", but if they must, seems like it ought to be spelled as "enflammable", much like "enrage" displaced "inrage".

["Rebracketing", Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebracketing) has a neat discussion about the interpretation-ambiguity.

So much so that they eventually removed it from hazard warnings.

What about disgruntled? Have you ever been gruntled?

“Gruntled” is, in fact, a word.

Depress too. Depress the brake the example.

I have never heard "depress" used that way (native speaker, AU).

Common in Ireland and the UK. E.G. https://www.quora.com/Why-do-you-have-to-depress-the-clutch-...