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Synonyms for provoking in English

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  1. provoking:
  2. provoke:

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Detailed Synonyms for provoking in English

provoking:

provoking adj

  1. provoking
    provocative; defiant; daring; ostentatious; provoking
  2. provoking
    tantalizing; annoying; exasperating; tormenting; nagging; provoking; tantalising
  3. provoking
    defiant; facing; braving; provoking; defying
  4. provoking
    – causing or tending to cause anger or resentment 1
    provoking; agitating; agitative
    – causing or tending to cause anger or resentment 1

provoking [the ~] noun

  1. the provoking
    the alluring; the provoking

provoking verb

  1. provoking
    alluring; to flirt; provoking

provoking

  1. provoking
    annoying; provoking; vexatious

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Related Definitions for "provoking":

  1. causing or tending to cause anger or resentment1
    • a provoking delay at the airport1

provoke:

to provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)

  1. to provoke
    to provoke; to give rise to; to badger; to needle; to bait
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • give rise to verb (gives rise to, gave rise to, giving rise to)
    • badger verb (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • needle verb (needles, needled, needling)
    • bait verb (baits, baited, baiting)
  2. to provoke
    to tease; to bully; to antagonize; to pester; to harass; to provoke; to antagonise
    • tease verb (teases, teased, teasing)
    • bully verb (bullies, bullied, bullying)
    • antagonize verb, American (antagonizes, antagonized, antagonizing)
    • pester verb (pesters, pestered, pestering)
    • harass verb (harasses, harassed, harassing)
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • antagonise verb, British
  3. to provoke
    to provoke; to urge; to arouse; to stimulate; put someone on to something
  4. to provoke
    to provoke; to tease
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • tease verb (teases, teased, teasing)
  5. to provoke
    engender; to cause; to give rise to; to provoke; to produce; to create
    • engender verb
    • cause verb (causes, caused, causing)
    • give rise to verb (gives rise to, gave rise to, giving rise to)
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • produce verb (produces, produced, producing)
    • create verb (creates, created, creating)
  6. to provoke
    – provide the needed stimulus for 1
    to provoke; to stimulate
    – provide the needed stimulus for 1
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • stimulate verb (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  7. to provoke
    – evoke or provoke to appear or occur 1
    to provoke; to evoke; call forth; kick up
    – evoke or provoke to appear or occur 1
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
      • Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple1
    • evoke verb (evokes, evoked, evoking)
    • call forth verb
    • kick up verb
  8. to provoke
    – call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 1
    to raise; to elicit; to provoke; to arouse; to fire; to kindle; to evoke; enkindle
    – call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 1
    • raise verb (raises, raised, raising)
      • raise a smile1
    • elicit verb (elicits, elicited, eliciting)
    • provoke verb (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • arouse verb (arouses, aroused, arousing)
      • arouse pity1
    • fire verb (fires, fired, firing)
    • kindle verb (kindles, kindled, kindling)
    • evoke verb (evokes, evoked, evoking)
      • evoke sympathy1
    • enkindle verb

Conjugations for provoke:

present
  1. provoke
  2. provoke
  3. provokes
  4. provoke
  5. provoke
  6. provoke
simple past
  1. provoked
  2. provoked
  3. provoked
  4. provoked
  5. provoked
  6. provoked
present perfect
  1. have provoked
  2. have provoked
  3. has provoked
  4. have provoked
  5. have provoked
  6. have provoked
past continuous
  1. was provoking
  2. were provoking
  3. was provoking
  4. were provoking
  5. were provoking
  6. were provoking
future
  1. shall provoke
  2. will provoke
  3. will provoke
  4. shall provoke
  5. will provoke
  6. will provoke
continuous present
  1. am provoking
  2. are provoking
  3. is provoking
  4. are provoking
  5. are provoking
  6. are provoking
subjunctive
  1. be provoked
  2. be provoked
  3. be provoked
  4. be provoked
  5. be provoked
  6. be provoked
diverse
  1. provoke!
  2. let's provoke!
  5. provoked
  6. provoking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

provoke

  1. provoke
    provoke; annoy
  2. provoke
    provoke; anger
  3. provoke
    provoke; be nasty to

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Related Definitions for "provoke":

  1. provide the needed stimulus for1
  2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur1
    • Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple1
  3. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)1

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