inflamer
One who agitates
One who inflames—stirs up passion, anger, or controversy.
The word applies to agitators, provocateurs, or anyone who heightens tensions: an inflamer of public opinion, an inflamer of sectarian hatred.
The term carries negative connotations, suggesting deliberate provocation rather than legitimate advocacy.
One who stirs dissent
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- demagogueManipulative populist leader
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
- provocateurOne who deliberately incites
fomenter · inciter · troublemaker · pot-stirrer · stirrer · agitator · radical · subversive
rabble-rouser
One who stirs dissent
- instigatorOne who provokes action
- demagogueManipulative populist leader
- firebrandAgitator or burning stick
provocateur · fomenter · inciter · troublemaker · pot-stirrer · stirrer · agitator · radical · subversive · revolutionary
pyromaniac
One obsessed with flames
- firebugDeliberate flame-setter
- torchHandheld burning light source
- accelerantCombustion-intensifying substance
ignite · combustion · blaze · inferno · firebomb · napalm · kindle · burn · scorch · char
taunt
Insulting provocation
antagonize · instigate · enrage · irritate · aggravate · exasperate · rile · bait · needle · troll
inflamerpeacemaker
Conflict resolution agent
conciliator · mediator · reconciler · peacekeeper · arbitrator
- anti-inflammatory effectsReduction of tissue inflammation
- inflammatory diseasesIllnesses causing tissue irritation
- inflammatory rhetoric
- non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugsAnalgesics blocking prostaglandin synthesis
- anti-inflammatory propertiesAbility to reduce swelling
- inflammatory speechRhetoric meant to provoke anger
inflame, inflamed, inflammation, inflammable, inflammatory, inflaming, inflames, anti-inflammatory, noninflammatory