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inflammatory

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of inflammatory

tending to excite political disorder or insurrection

  • the restless crowd was stirred up by the inflammatory rhetoric
Synonyms of inflammatory

incendiary, seditious
Words Related to inflammatory

agitational, instigative, provocative

mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary
Near Antonyms of inflammatory

conciliatory, pacific

diplomatic

calming, soothing

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