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

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.

Niobe :: Niobe (n.) The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone..

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Salmis :: Salmis (n.) A ragout of partly roasted game stewed with sauce, wine, bread, and condiments suited to provoke appetite..

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

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

Resentful :: Resentful (a.) Inclined to resent; easily provoked to anger; 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..