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".
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Related pairs
- annoying and instigative
- annoying and inciting
- charged and instigative
- charged and inciting
- fiery and instigative
- fiery and inciting
- provoking and instigative
- provoking and inciting
- stimulating and instigative
- stimulating and inciting
- exciting and instigative
- exciting and inciting
- stirring and instigative
- stirring and inciting
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