foments 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 "foments" in a sentence

1. Nurturing prejudice foments racial hatred

2. Taken to its extreme, it foments division and fuels Alt-Right angst, Cheapening true issues o

3. It Agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, and foments occasionally riot and insurrection

4. In his famous Farewell Address, he warned us against "the Baneful effects of the spirit of [political] party." A political party, he wrote, "agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection.