rabble-rousing
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8.6
- adjective
- /ˈræbəlˌraʊzɪŋ/
- Literature
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incitador
- The film depicts a rabble-rousing activist who encourages citizens to take to the streets against injustice.
Examples
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If you have an overly contentious member doing a lot of rabble-rousing, your best strategy is to portray your company as the voice of calm reason.
Academic text (1997) -
The speaker was known for his rabble-rousing speeches that inspired the crowd to demand change.
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I was part of that rabble-rousing baby boom generation, but I kept on going and stayed active.
Blog text (31) -
We've been rabble-rousing, trying to spread the word.
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Enough rabble-rousing—back to the fun stuff.
Blog text (13) -
Keep rabble-rousing!
Blog text (14) -
The reliance on Nashi as a vehicle for integrating Russia's youth into politics is a dangerous strategy given the organization's rabble-rousing ways.
Academic text (2010) -
Throughout his political career, Thackeray was a powerful, rabble-rousing orator who routinely sanctioned the use of violence to propagate his political views.
Blog text (7) -
Critics of the Islamic center were also accused of turning the topic into a political football, with Republicans Newt Gingrich and Sarah Palin widely slammed for rabble-rousing on the issue.
Academic text (2010) -
Her rabble-rousing tactics at the rally rallied support for the environmental cause.
Synonyms
48
4.8
To make people feel strong emotions like anger or fear
8
8.0
To cause trouble by saying things to make people argue
6
9.4
To speak in a way that stirs up people's fears to win support
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4.0
Make people feel excited or upset and attract attention
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5.3
To cause fights or problems between people on purpose
4
5.8
Make many people very angry
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5.8
To make people excited and ready to help a cause
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7.7
To make many people feel angry or shocked about something
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9.9
To say or do things to make others angry and start fights
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4.2
To bring people together and make them want to act
To say or do things that cause arguments and make people angry
The act of causing strong, often angry feelings in people
Antonyms
How Agitating
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rabble-rousing comes from two simple parts: rabble, meaning a noisy 'crowd', and rouse, meaning 'to stir up' or wake people. So rabble-rousing is talking in a way that tries to make ordinary people angry or excited, often for political reasons.