fomented in English

verb

1

instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).

they accused him of fomenting political unrest

synonyms: instigate, incite, provoke, agitate, excite, stir up, whip up, encourage, urge, fan the flames of

2

bathe (a part of the body) with warm or medicated lotions.

Foment the limb with cloths immersed in a strong decoction of hops, and repeat two or three times a day.

verb

• instigate, incite, provoke, agitate, excite, stir up, whip up, encourage, urge, fan the flames of
• agitate, stir up

Use "fomented" in a sentence

1. In fact, both the Catholic and the Protestant churches have fomented religious wars.

2. However, a year later, Myeong fomented a revolt against King Huigang which killed several of the King's aides.

3. Synonyms for Chafed include excited, provoked, incited, riled, stirred up, fomented, impassioned, inflamed, rallied and roiled

4. 20 The tepid federal response to the assault and murder of civil rights workers engaged in nonviolent activities fomented distrust.

5. The tepid federal response to the assault and murder of civil rights workers engaged in nonviolent activities fomented distrust.

6. Rumor mongering was discouraged on the grounds it fomented divisions in America and promoted defeatism and alarmism.

7. For example, in his inspired letters to Timothy, the apostle Paul referred to men who fomented “violent disputes about trifles.”

8. Nevertheless, Musharraf’s men have skillfully fractured the main Islamic opposition party, Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA), with bribes, blackmail, and internal dissension fomented by agent provocateurs.

9. Other articles where Brigandage is discussed: Italy: Condition of the Italian kingdom: …an especially violent form of Brigandage, which, though fomented and often assisted by emissaries of the exiled Francis II, was a form of class warfare against the agrarian bourgeoisie