fomenting 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 "fomenting" in a sentence

1. They were accused of fomenting rebellion.

2. The activists were charged with fomenting revolution.

3. 12 Who are the ones fomenting this rebellious attitude?

4. (a) whether it is a fact that Myanmar is fomenting extremism and Jehadi activities in North-Eastern States;

5. For more years than I care to recall, the media have served as a willing accessory in fomenting environmental hysteria.

6. (John 8:44) The Devil, whom Jesus called “the ruler of this world,” clearly has a prominent role in fomenting evil. —John 16:11; 1 John 5:19.

7. Port Royal des Champs, Abbesses ofFrench nuns whose principled refusal to submit to dilutions in the reform of their order led to their persecution on suspicion of fomenting rebellion against the Roman Catholic Church and King Louis XIV