rabble-rousing
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verb (used without object), rab·ble-roused, rab·ble-rousing.
to stir up the emotions or prejudices of the public; agitate.
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Rabble-rousing
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| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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| rabble-rouser | |
| —n | |
| a person who manipulates the passions of the mob; demagogue | |
| 'rabble-rousing | |
| —adj, —n | |
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Example sentences
It was even more depressing to see the unquestioning acceptance from the audience of such a load of rabble-rousing claptrap.
But her bid to control prices, her rabble-rousing instincts and her scheming were all alarming.
His soothing tones, however, can't disguise a relish for the fray: beneath the silver-fox exterior beats a rabble-rousing heart.
Presumably he deliberately avoided his famous rabble-rousing campaign style to appear calm, businesslike, and in full control.
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