Definition

1. Verb:
   • To incite: To deliberately encourage or provoke someone to do something, often something negative, unlawful, or foolish. It implies urging someone into action.
   • To instigate: To initiate or bring about an action, typically a harmful or disruptive one, by persuasion or suggestion.
   • To egg on: (Informal) To strongly encourage someone to do something, especially something they might be hesitant about.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nó bị bắt vì xúi giục đám đông bạo loạn. (He was arrested for inciting the crowd to riot.)
  • Đừng nghe lời xúi giục của hắn. (Don't listen to his instigation.)
  • Bạn bè xúi giục cậu ấy nhảy xuống hồ bơi. (His friends egged him on to jump into the swimming pool.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a strong negative connotation, implying the action being encouraged is wrong, reckless, or harmful.
• It can be used in legal contexts (e.g., incitement to violence) as well as in everyday situations involving peer pressure or mischief.

Variants and Related Words

• Xúi (v): A more colloquial and shorter form meaning to incite or egg on.
  • Nó xúi tôi trốn học. (He egged me on to skip school.)
• Kẻ xúi giục (n): An instigator, an agitator.
  • Cảnh sát đang tìm kẻ xúi giục vụ này. (The police are looking for the instigator of this incident.)

Synonyms

• Incite: To stir up or provoke action.
• Instigate: To initiate or prompt an action or event.
• Provoke: To stimulate or give rise to a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one.
• Egg on: To urge someone to do something foolish or risky.

Related Idioms

• Xúi giục mưu sâu kế hiểm: To instigate deep plots and dangerous schemes. This emphasizes malicious and calculated instigation.
  • Hắn là người chuyên xúi giục mưu sâu kế hiểm. (He is a person who specializes in instigating deep plots and dangerous schemes.)