Synonyms of building a fire under

building a fire under

phrase

present participle of build a fire under

as in provoking

to rouse to strong feeling or action

He was a well-known self-help guru who could build a fire under anyone to finally take those next steps.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoking
• encouraging
• firing (up)
• stimulating
• revving (up)
• stirring
• inspiring
• moving
• exciting
• arousing
• sparking
• impassioning
• motivating
• inciting
• driving
• motiving
• setting off
• triggering
• pumping up
• instigating
• inducing
• whipping (up)
• keying (up)
• igniting
• piquing
• kindling
• activating
• animating
• galvanizing
• fanning
• bothering
• fermenting
• energizing
• inflaming
• quickening
• angering
• fomenting
• enflaming
• vitalizing
• abetting
• raising
• teasing
• taunting
• maddening
• getting
• upsetting
• jeering
• irritating
• annoying
• aggravating
• exasperating
• enraging
• vexing
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• subduing
• tranquilizing
• tranquillizing
• placating
• appeasing
• pacifying
• mollifying