Definitions for rabble-rousing

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

rab′ble-rous`er(n.)

  1. a person who stirs up the passions or prejudices of the public.

Origin of rabble-rouser:

1835–45

rab′ble-rous`ing(n.; adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious(adj)

    arousing to action or rebellion


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