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- Dictionaryprovoking/prəˈvəʊkɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing annoyance; irritating: "there is evidence of provoking conduct and loss of self-control"
- 2. giving rise to the specified reaction or emotion: "fear-provoking"
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making someone feel annoyed, sometimes intentionally: Tom thought smoking was a most provoking habit. To a warmonger, there is nothing so provoking as the threat of peace. Fewer examples. I found her very provoking, and felt uncomfortably confused.
: causing mild anger : annoying. provokingly adverb. Synonyms. charged. edgy. exciting. inciting. instigating. instigative. piquing. provocative. stimulating. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of provoking in a Sentence. the host's provoking opinions are the reason why people tune in to his radio talk show in the first place.
PROVOKE definition: 1. to cause a reaction, especially a negative one: 2. to make or try to make a person or an animal…. Learn more.
Provoking definition: serving to provoke; causing annoyance.. See examples of PROVOKING used in a sentence.
1. a. : to call forth (a feeling, an action, etc.) : evoke. provoke laughter. b. : to stir up purposely. provoke a fight. c. : to provide the needed stimulus for. will provoke a lot of discussion. 2. a. : to incite to anger. b. archaic : to arouse to a feeling or action. provoker noun. Synonyms. arouse. encourage. excite. fire (up) impassion.
causing or tending to cause anger or resentment. “a provoking delay at the airport”. synonyms: agitating, agitative. provocative. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy.
verb. evoke or provoke to appear or occur. “Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple”. synonyms: call forth, evoke, kick up. arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic. see more.
