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Synonyms for inflammatory

  • adjective

Most common

incendiary rabble-rousing seditious instigative provocative inflaming incessive

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Incendiary

incendiary, seditious, rabble-rousing, instigative, incitive

Other

inflaming, fiery, provocative, incessive

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.

    Sam posted an inflammatory comment to the newsgroup.

Related words

Phrases
pelvic inflammatory disease pelvic inflammatory disorder

Example sentences

  • incendiary The incendiary words didn't help reduce the tension.
  • seditious Do not disturb the soul with seditious truth; better a virtuous lie.
  • provocative Layla posted some provocative pictures on Instagram.
  • inflaming I just thought you would have known better than to risk inflaming my wrath.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
inflammatoryrising
incendiarysteady
seditioussteady
instigativerising
provocativesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters
fiery3
8 letters
incitive
9 letters
seditious3, inflaming3, incessive
10 letters
incendiary5
11 letters
provocative4, instigative

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fiery3 = 3 syllables).