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provoking Definition


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provoke
verb provoked, provoking
    1. To annoy or infuriate someone, especially deliberately.
      Thesaurus: vex, anger, infuriate, aggravate, madden, annoy, irritate, incense, chafe, insult, offend, irk, rile, affront, gall; Antonym: pacify, please.
    2. To incite or goad.
      Thesaurus: incite, stir, rouse, arouse, inspire, instigate, motivate, promote, induce, elicit, fire, kindle, occasion.
    3. To rouse (someone's anger, etc).
    4. To cause, stir up or bring about something.
      Example: provoked a storm of protest
      Thesaurus: cause, begin, make, produce, generate, give rise to, bring about.
Derivative: provoking
adj
    Derivative: provokingly
    adverb
      Etymology: 15c: from Latin provocare to call forth.



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