inciting
Rousing to action
Inciting means provoking or stirring up, usually something undesirable: inciting violence, inciting a riot, inciting hatred.
The word implies deliberate provocation—someone who incites isn't merely suggesting but actively urging others toward action.
Legal contexts distinguish inciting from mere speech: He was charged with inciting insurrection.
Prompting action to begin
- fomentingActively stirring up discord
- inflamingArousing strong emotion
- agitatingDisturbing or stirring up
- stirringArousing strong emotion
antagonizing · goading · baiting · taunting · needling · provoking · riling · enraging
Inciting to action
- urgingStrongly encouraging action
- drivingControlling a vehicle
- impellingDriving to act
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
prompting · pushing · pressuring · exhorting · galvanizing · rallying · mobilizing · rousing
Inciting revolt against government
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- riotViolent public disturbance
- violenceHarmful physical force
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
mutiny · treason · disorder · unrest · lawlessness · revolt · uprising · criminal
Giving confidence or hope
- energizingImparting renewed vitality
- invigoratingImparting fresh energy
- animatingImparting motion or life
- enthusingExpressing keen interest
firing · kindling · igniting · sparking · awakening · electrifying · enlivening · uplifting
instigating
Prompting action to begin
- fomentingActively stirring up discord
- inflamingArousing strong emotion
- agitatingDisturbing or stirring up
stirring · antagonizing · goading · baiting · taunting · needling · provoking · riling · enraging · infuriating
spurring
Inciting to action
compelling · prompting · pushing · pressuring · exhorting · galvanizing · rallying · mobilizing · rousing · arousing
sedition
Inciting revolt against government
insurrection · mutiny · treason · disorder · unrest · lawlessness · revolt · uprising · criminal · felony
encouraging
Giving confidence or hope
- energizingImparting renewed vitality
- invigoratingImparting fresh energy
- animatingImparting motion or life
enthusing · firing · kindling · igniting · sparking · awakening · electrifying · enlivening · uplifting · heartening
- persuadingpersuading, convincing, urging, coaxing, influencing
- troublemakingtroublemaker, troublemaking, instigate, agitator, instigating
- incitementinstigating, provoking, instigation, provocation, goading
- guidingadvising, directing, guiding, instructing, leading
incitingcalming
Inducing a settled state
soothing · tranquilizing · pacifying · quieting · placating
incitingdiscouraging
Causing loss of confidence
deterring · dissuading · preventing · suppressing · inhibiting
incitingpeacekeeping
Preventing or ending conflict
stabilizing · defusing · reconciling · de-escalating · peacemaking
- inciting violenceDeliberately provoking physical harm
- inciting incidentEvent starting main conflict
- inciting riotUrging crowd toward violence
excited, excite, excitable, incite, excites, incitement, incited, inciter, unexcitable