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2. inflammatory, inflaming, infuriating, enraging, maddening, incensing, angering; aggravating, outraging, exasperating; inciting, instigating, fomenting.
3. provocative, arousing, exciting, stimulating, piquing; stirring, thrilling, electrifying; fiery, blazing, ardent, hot, smoldering.
-n. 4. arsonist, building-burner, fire-setter, firebug, SI. torch, pyromaniac.
5. agitator, instigator, inciter, Fr. agent provocateur; rebel, insurgent, mutineer, revolutionary, Tom Paine, firebrand; troublemaker, mischief-maker, rabble-rouser, organizer, ringleader.
incense1, n. 1. perfume, aroma, fragrance, bouquet, redolence, balm, odoriferosity, sweet scent.
2. homage, respect, reverence; obeisance, deference, veneration, worship; adulation, adoration, admiration; honor, tribute, acknowledgment, appreciation.
incense2, v. 1. anger, raise [s.o.'s] ire, run afoul of [s.o.], get [s.o.'s] back or hackles up, Inf. get [s.o.'s] Irish or dander up, Inf. burn [s.o.] up, SI. tee [s.o.] off, SI. tick [s.o.] off; enrage, madden, infuriate, make [s.o.'s] blood boil, Inf. make [s.o.] see red; provoke, arouse, rouse, inflame, enflame, agitate, fire up, work up, whip up, stir up, wind up; displease.
2. vex, pique, irritate, peeve, nettle, chafe, irk, annoy, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf aggravate, Inf. miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. get under [s.o.'s] skin, Inf. get in [s.o.'s] hair, SI. bug; exasperate, ruffle, roil, put out, get, SI. get [s.o.'s] goat.
3. embitter, exacerbate, gall, rankle, envenom; insult, offend, affront.
incensed, adj. wrathful, wroth, irate, ireful, very angry; enraged, raging, fuming, infuriated, Rare, infuriate, furious; inflamed, flaming, flaring, flared up, heated, red-hot, white-hot; distraught, overwrought, upset, feverish, hysterical, not rational; violent, unrestrained, uncontrollable, ranting, raving, storming, foaming at the mouth, rabid, fanatical, frenzied; frantic, crazed, Pathol, delirious, mad, Inf. wild, out of one's mind, beside oneself.
incentive, n. inducement, impetus, incitement; stimulus, stimulant, goad, spur, impulse; provocation, exhortation, encouragement, inspiration, persuasion; motivation, carrot-and-stick or reward-and-punish-ment ploy; reason, good reason, reason why, Inf. what for; ground, cause, enticement, lure, bait, Inf come-on; occasion, purpose, object, excuse.
inception, n. beginning, commencement, exordium; start, starting point, dawn, alpha, first, outset; opening, debut, onset, outbreak, conception; inauguration, initiation, installation; origin, source, derivation, root, provenance.
incertitude, n. 1. uncertainty, unsureness, doubtfulness, doubt, dubitation, hesitancy, hesitation; ambivalence, indecision, indecisiveness, undecidedness, irresoluteness, inconclusiveness, lack of certainty, Psychol, ambitendency; unassuredness, lack of assurance or confidence, self-doubt.
2. insecurity, insecureness, instability, unsteadiness, shakiness, inconstancy; indefiniteness, dubiety, dubiousness, dubiosity, ambiguity, vagueness, haziness, fogginess, unknownness, open question.
incessant, adj. 1. ceaseless, unceasing, nonstop, constant, uninterrupted; continual, continuous, ongoing, unbroken; unremitting, unintermitting, relentless, persistent; recurrent, repeated, frequent, habitual.
2. unending, endless, never-ending, interminable, Sisyphean; eternal, perpetual, everlasting, lasting, en during, perennial, permanent.
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