Instigator 

A person who causes drama and/or conflict

Person 1: "Did you hear that Jess started those rumours about Ryan"
Person 2: "She's Such an Instigator"

Instigator by Piercethesyko June 23, 2017

Instigator 

Someone who tries to make everything inflammatory by encouraging escalation of actions, while pretending to be concerned about de-escalation, resolution, compromise, and intervention, or anything else that makes him/her look like a good person among bad people.

The girl's family knew she had always been an instigator, the kind of person who said fuck you to neighbors and flipped them off by coming in their town like she owned it, with the intervention programs she supported to cover her own actions, or involvement in the questionable actions of others, and make her look like a better/stronger person than she actually was.

Instigator by Solid Mantis March 31, 2021

Instigator 

Someone who likes to fuck with people's lives more than they like to do anything else.

The instigator would rather fuck with somebody else's life or talk shit about it than tend to their own (if there was one to tend to, if it wasn't a facade of a life to show everyone).

Instigator by Solid Mantis December 2, 2020

D1 instigator

A person with all of their badges and degrees in instigating

Jason: He basically called you a bitch
Jamal: Bro your a D1 instigator

D1 instigator by Jo2Savage May 24, 2022

instigator 

a person who escalates a situation.

boy 1: Yo mama
boy 2: What did you say about my mama?
instigator: Oooh, he talking bout yo mama. Man i wouldn't take that if i was you!

messy agitator troublemaker provocateur meddler

instigator by One Zooted Individual March 31, 2009

instigate

To start a conflict between other people just so you can watch. Can be between friends, between enemies, or between friends and enemies. Usually involves saying "he said she said you suck!" or some other much more colorful variant. Occasionally falls under the subtle art of interpreting a comment as incorrectly as is plausible.

Drew: "Why do you look so angry, Jordan?"

Akira: "I heard someone say the other day that Jordan doesn't like you, Drew."

Drew: "WHAT!"

Jordan: "Wait, I never said..."

Akira: "...Didn't you wonder where your milkshake went the other day, Jordan? Drew stole it."

Jordan: "WHAT!"

Akira: "That's cuz Drew thinks your haircut is ugly."

Jordan: "Oh really?!!"

Akira: "...And wants to challenge you to a duel."

Drew: "Whoa Akira, why are you trying to instigate?!"

instigate by Silver415 May 4, 2010

insticate 

Verb. A George W. Bush coinage and apparently a combination of "instigate" and "indicate". Used during the Presidential news conference of April 13, 2004.

BUSH: Our military commanders report that this violence is being insticated by three groups.

insticate by Slagathor April 21, 2004