Synonyms of inciting

inciting 1 of 2

adjective

as in provocative

serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction

a deliberately inciting comment questioning someone's manhood started the brawl

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provocative
• charged
• provoking
• motivating
• motivational
• exciting
• stimulating
• instigating
• motivative
• triggering
• inflammatory
• piquing
• instigative
• edgy
• inducing
• explosive
• inspiring
• incendiary
• activating
• inspirational
• teasing
• fiery
• energizing
• aggravating
• upsetting
• annoying
• taunting
• irritating
• maddening
• quickening
• vitalizing
• galvanizing
• jeering
• vexatious
• exasperating
• vexing
• bothersome
• irksome
• enraging
• angering
• pesky
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• noninflammatory
• subduing

inciting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of incite

1

as in provoking

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being

the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• triggering
• promoting
• raising
• encouraging
• fomenting
• instigating
• abetting
• stimulating
• stirring (up)
• fermenting
• picking
• cultivating
• brewing
• whipping (up)
• fostering
• furthering
• setting in motion
• motivating
• inspiring
• forwarding
• nurturing
• advancing
• detonating
• sowing
• inflaming
• galvanizing
• rousing
• nourishing
• activating
• exciting
• setting off
• energizing
• setting
• enlivening
• invigorating
• firing
• quickening
• vitalizing
• jazzing (up)
• pepping (up)
• livening (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulating
• inhibiting
• restraining
• holding
• curbing
• discouraging
• checking
• constraining
• taming
• subduing
• soothing
• settling
• calming
• bridling
• quieting
• reining (in)
• allaying
• stilling
• tranquilizing

2

as in encouraging

to rouse to strong feeling or action

the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• encouraging
• stimulating
• stirring
• arousing
• sparking
• instigating
• inspiring
• motivating
• moving
• inducing
• triggering
• exciting
• driving
• firing (up)
• igniting
• revving (up)
• piquing
• inflaming
• impassioning
• fomenting
• activating
• fanning
• galvanizing
• motiving
• angering
• building a fire under
• energizing
• abetting
• kindling
• animating
• bothering
• enraging
• quickening
• taunting
• fermenting
• vitalizing
• setting off
• teasing
• upsetting
• jeering
• raising
• keying (up)
• whipping (up)
• aggravating
• pumping up
• getting
• maddening
• irritating
• annoying
• exasperating
• vexing
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• subduing
• appeasing
• placating
• pacifying
• tranquilizing
• mollifying

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of inciting

Adjective

Morocco arrested multiple people who circulated the inciting statements, Interior Ministry spokesperson Rachid El Khalfi said. — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Societies throughout history have punished language deemed blasphemous, seditious, inciting or slanderous. — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026

Not an inciting event for troll armadas to threaten the people involved. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 2 July 2026

Does the opening episode need an inciting incident within the first few minutes to draw in audiences? — Michael Schneider, Variety, 22 June 2026

Although more research is needed, GLP-1 drugs trigger metabolic pathways that could be important in regulating inflammation, which is known to be an inciting factor in many different cancers. — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026

What was the setting and the all-important inciting incident? — Literary Hub, 11 June 2026

Of course, the pivotal thing was to create an inciting incident that propels the story without clunky exposition. — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 23 May 2026

The inciting moment comes when Austin and Ashley witness a violent argument between Josh and Lindsay. — Ryan Brennan april 16, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026

Verb

Chow Hang-tung, a prominent young human rights lawyer who conducted her own defense, and former opposition lawmaker Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of inciting subversion at West Kowloon Court on Friday. — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung, former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China, were charged in September 2021 with inciting subversion and face a maximum jail term of 10 years if convicted. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

This is also the time of year when local sports talk radio shows flourish, inciting near-riots over how their team was shafted compared to others within their own conference. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Targeting the wrong group could end up inciting an international incident. — Henry Larson, NPR, 15 Aug. 2026

On August 5, Nelson Mandela was arrested in South Africa for inciting workers to strike, and Marilyn Monroe was found dead at her home in Brentwood, California. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

The same forces that produce earthquakes are also what led gold to form in the Sierra foothills, inciting the state's famous rush. — Rong-Gong Lin Ii Los Angeles Times, Arkansas Online, 2 Aug. 2026

The Church of Scientology has accused Remini of inciting violence against members of the church. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 July 2026

That trust begins with one of the most devastating inciting incidents in recent genre memory. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 24 July 2026