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

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

Overprovoke :: Overprovoke (v. t.) To provoke excessively.

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

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

Disgust :: Disgust (v. t.) To provoke disgust or strong distaste in; to cause (any one) loathing, as of the stomach; to excite aversion in; to offend the moral taste of; -- often with at, with, or by..

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

Inflamed :: Inflamed (p. a.) Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.

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

Defy :: Defy (v. t.) To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion..

Enrage :: Enrage (v. t.) To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.

Hector :: Hector (n.) A bully; a blustering, turbulent, insolent, fellow; one who vexes or provokes..

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

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..

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

Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.

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

Invidious :: Invidious (a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions..

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

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