Instigative and Inciting

Instigative

Instigative adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.
Usage example: she is no stranger to controversy, having penned several instigative and inflammatory books attacking liberals
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Synonyms for Instigative

Inciting and instigative are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Inciting" instead an adjective "Instigative".

Inciting

Inciting adjective - Serving or likely to arouse a strong reaction.
Usage example: a deliberately inciting comment questioning someone's manhood started the brawl

Instigative and inciting are semantically related. You can use "Instigative" instead an adjective "Inciting".

Nearby Words: incite, incitement, incited
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