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Definition of provoke

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Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..

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Stimulant :: Stimulant (n.) That which stimulates, provokes, or excites..

Long-suffering :: Long-suffering (n.) Bearing injuries or provocation for a long time; patient; not easily provoked.

Displease :: Displease (v. t.) To make not pleased; to excite a feeling of disapprobation or dislike in; to be disagreeable to; to offend; to vex; -- often followed by with or at. It usually expresses less than to anger, vex, irritate, or provoke..

Odium :: Odium (n.) The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.

Provoke :: Provoke (v. t.) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate..

Irritate :: Irritate (v. t.) To excite anger or displeasure in; to provoke; to tease; to exasperate; to annoy; to vex; as, the insolence of a tyrant irritates his subjects..

Urge :: Urge (v. t.) To provoke; to exasperate.

Instigate :: Instigate (v. t.) To goad or urge forward; to set on; to provoke; to incite; -- used chiefly with reference to evil actions; as to instigate one to a crime.

Irascible :: Irascible (a.) Prone to anger; easily provoked or inflamed to anger; choleric; irritable; as, an irascible man; an irascible temper or mood..

Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.

Bait :: Bait (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull..

Incensive :: Incensive (a.) Tending to excite or provoke; inflammatory.

Incense :: Incense (v. t.) To inflame with anger; to endkindle; to fire; to incite; to provoke; to heat; to madden.

Quarrelsome :: Quarrelsome (a.) Apt or disposed to quarrel; given to brawls and contention; easily irritated or provoked to contest; irascible; choleric.

Tempt :: Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.

Forbear :: Forbear (v. i.) To control one's self when provoked.

Fiery :: Fiery (a.) Passionate; easily provoked; irritable.

Aggression :: Aggression (n.) The first attack, or act of hostility; the first act of injury, or first act leading to a war or a controversy; unprovoked attack; assault; as, a war of aggression. Aggressions of power..

Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism.

Exasperate :: Exasperate (v. t.) To irritate in a high degree; to provoke; to enrage; to exscite or to inflame the anger of; as, to exasperate a person or his feelings..