INCITED Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

incited

verb

past tense of incite

as in provoked

to bring (something volatile or intense) into being the rock band's failure to show up incited a riot, as the crowd had waited for hours

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as in encouraged

to rouse to strong feeling or action the demagogue's fiery rant incited the crowd to riot

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Recent Examples of incited After Vinicius Junior alleged he was racially abused by Benfica’s Gianluca Prestianni during the game, Mourinho suggested Vinicius Jr had incited the incident. —

Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2026 Kenny said the ongoing beef stemmed from a prior assault in January, in which the man who incited Thursday’s beatdown jumped Pierre. —

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2026 Like many influencer brands, the launch incited quite a bit of controversy online. —

Elizabeth Gulino, Allure, 2 Apr. 2026 That exchange incited a deafening roar from the more than 10,000 fans in attendance. —

Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026 The decision incited backlash from right-wing activist Laura Loomer, who called for Prasad’s ouster. —

Aria Bendix, NBC news, 6 Mar. 2026 Chisholm incited criticism multiple times during the 2025 season while playing for the Yankees. —

Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026 That includes the origin story of how the lizard came to be, the creation of that Elio post-credits scene that incited the meme machine, and early test screening reactions that signaled there could be something more to that character. —

Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Mar. 2026 What incited this spontaneous staycation? —

Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 2 Mar. 2026

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Scott Rudin, who was the subject of allegations of bullying that provoked an industry reckoning on abusive workplace behavior in 2021, is a producer on the revival, which has become one of the unmissable events of the season.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
The Declaration’s insurrectionist contention—that people, when unjustly provoked, have the right to dissolve their government—hung heavily in a country that had just witnessed the eleven states of the Confederacy make the same argument.

— Jelani Cobb, New Yorker, 4 May 2026