foments
Provokes from behind
Foments means stirs up or incites, usually something undesirable: foments rebellion, foments discord, foments unrest.
The word implies deliberate agitation rather than spontaneous outbreak—someone actively working to provoke trouble.
A separate, older meaning involves applying warm liquid to the body for therapeutic purposes, but this sense is rare outside medical contexts.
Urges toward action
- stirsBlends by circling
- provokesIncites a reaction
- instigatesCauses to begin
- agitatesProvokes unrest or motion
inflames · kindles · sparks · whips up · rouses · arouses · galvanizes · triggers
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- seditionInciting revolt against government
- mutinyRevolt against authority
dissent · unrest · discord · strife · turmoil · coup · revolution · resistance
Undergoes microbial transformation
- cultivatesNurtures toward growth
- brewsSteeps or ferments
- concoctsInvents by combining elements
- developsComes into being gradually
germinates · nurtures · incubates · hatches · plots · schemes · engineers · orchestrates
incites
Urges toward action
- stirsBlends by circling
- provokesIncites a reaction
- instigatesCauses to begin
agitates · inflames · kindles · sparks · whips up · rouses · arouses · galvanizes · triggers · fuels
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- seditionInciting revolt against government
mutiny · dissent · unrest · discord · strife · turmoil · coup · revolution · resistance · subversion
ferments
Undergoes microbial transformation
- cultivatesNurtures toward growth
- brewsSteeps or ferments
- concoctsInvents by combining elements
develops · germinates · nurtures · incubates · hatches · plots · schemes · engineers · orchestrates · manufactures
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