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Provokement :: Provokement (n.) The act that which, provokes; one who excites anger or other passion, or incites to action; as, a provoker of sedition..

Droll :: Droll (superl.) Queer, and fitted to provoke laughter; ludicrous from oddity; amusing and strange..

Inflammable :: Inflammable (a.) Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper..

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

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

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..

Ridicule :: Ridicule (n.) Remarks concerning a subject or a person designed to excite laughter with a degree of contempt; wit of that species which provokes contemptuous laughter; disparagement by making a person an object of laughter; banter; -- a term lighter than derision.

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

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

Provocative :: Provocative (a.) Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting..

Good-natured :: Good-natured (a.) Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.

Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.

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

Provoked :: Provoked (imp. & p. p.) of Provok.

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..

Resentment :: Resentment (n.) In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced..

Dare :: Dare (v. t.) To challenge; to provoke; to defy.

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

Meek :: Meek (superl.) Mild of temper; not easily provoked or orritated; patient under injuries; not vain, or haughty, or resentful; forbearing; submissive..

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