Beth Sanders was known for both her incendiary speeches and her fierce writing.
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Incendiary
//ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i//
Synonyms for "incendiary" (112 found)
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Related words (56)
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3 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
68 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تَحْرِيضِيّ adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
Belarusian
1 entries- запа́льны adj (capable of causing fire)
Bulgarian
4 entries- запали́телен adj (capable of causing fire)
- пострека́телски adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- запали́телен снаря́д noun (something capable of causing fire)
- подстрека́тел noun (instigator)
Catalan
3 entries- incendiari adj (capable of causing fire)
- incendiari adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- incendiari adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 放火的 adj (capable of causing fire)
- 煽動性的 /煽动性的 adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
Czech
4 entries- buřičský adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- ohnivý adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- zápalný adj (capable of causing fire)
- žhářský adj (capable of causing fire)
Finnish
4 entries- lietsova adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- tulenarka adj (capable of causing fire)
- tulenarka adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- palopommi noun (something capable of causing fire)
French
1 entries- incendiaire adj (capable of causing fire)
Galician
1 entries- incendiario adj (capable of causing fire)
German
4 entries- Brand adj (capable of causing fire)
- Reiz adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- aufrührerisch adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- aufwieglerisch adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
Italian
1 entries- incendiario adj (capable of causing fire)
Latin
1 entries- incendiarius noun (something capable of causing fire)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- brennbar adj (capable of causing fire)
- brennbar adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- farlig adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- hetsende adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
Polish
4 entries- prowokacyjny adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- wichrzycielski adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- zapalający adj (capable of causing fire)
- bomba zapalająca noun (something capable of causing fire)
Portuguese
3 entries- acalorado adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- incendiário adj (capable of causing fire)
- inflamado adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
Russian
4 entries- зажига́тельный adj (capable of causing fire)
- подстрека́тельский adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- подстрека́ющий adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- разжига́ющий adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- loisgeach adj (capable of causing fire)
- loisgeach adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- podstrekački adj (intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion)
- zapaljiv adj (capable of causing fire)
- zapaljiv adj (inflammatory, emotionally charged)
- podstrekač noun (instigator)
Ukrainian
2 entries- запа́лювальний adj (capable of causing fire)
- запальни́й adj (capable of causing fire)
Urdu
1 entries- آتِش گیر adj (capable of causing fire)
Volapük
1 entries- lefilükamaboum noun (something capable of causing fire)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Tom's incendiary rhetoric has no place here.
Source: tatoeba (9980917)
Tom is known for his incendiary rhetoric.
Source: tatoeba (9980919)
Tom's incendiary speech kicked the revolution into overdrive.
Source: tatoeba (9980920)
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