rabble-rouser
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈræbəlˌraʊzər/
- Literature
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incitador
- The rabble-rouser incited the crowd with promises of change and revolution.
- the biggest rabble-rouser
- a little rabble-rouser
They're fomenting all these kind of rabble rousers to to literally overthrow the the elected.
- They're fomenting all these kind of rabble rousers to to literally overthrow the the elected.
Examples
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Joy and his fellow rabble-rousers succeeded in garnering attention.
Academic text (2009) -
With an unassuming, thoughtful manner, Carl Elliott hardly looks like a rabble-rouser.
Blog text (27) -
I know about these rabble-rousers.
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All I need is another rabble-rouser.
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Why would I want to go help a bunch of rabble-rousers?
Fiction book (2002) -
Perhaps this situation will provide an opportunity to separate the real educators from the union rabble-rousers.
Blog text (32) -
There's always a rabble-rouser stirring up trouble.
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Sadek is not admired by Egyptian Copts, who consider him a dangerous rabble-rouser.
Blog text (34) -
Joe knew her then: Chelsea Brennan, fiery spokeswoman or rabble-rouser for the Green Earth Party, with a cult following all her own.
Fiction book (2001) -
Ay-leen the Peacemaker (Diana M. Pho) is a fandom scholar, activist, blogger, and general rabble-rouser.
Blog text (21)
Synonyms
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9.3
A political leader who gains support by stirring up people's fears and feelings
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6.5
A person who stirs up strong public feelings for political change
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8.8
A person who on purpose causes trouble or makes others do wrong
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6.8
A person who starts trouble or urges others to act
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7.9
A person who tries to make others protest or cause trouble
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6.5
A person who interrupts people by making noise or causing trouble
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7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
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7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
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5.9
A person or group that attracts public attention by causing controversy
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8.8
A person who speaks angrily and likes to start political arguments
A political leader who gains support by using people's fears and unfair ideas instead of reason
A person who causes political trouble by encouraging others to act against the government
A person who on purpose makes others start trouble or fight
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who causes anger or arguments between people
A person who shouts loudly to protest or attract attention
A person who shouts about a cause to get people to agree
A person who tries to win support by saying what many people want to hear
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
Antonyms
How Inciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rabble-rouser comes from rabble, meaning 'a noisy crowd', and rouse, meaning 'to wake or stir up', so it describes someone who stirs up or excites a crowd, often for political reasons.