Definition of provoke

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

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Esurine :: Esurine (n.) A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger..
Stimulant :: Stimulant (n.) That which stimulates, provokes, or excites..
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..
Invidious :: Invidious (a.) Likely to incur or produce ill will, or to provoke envy; hateful; as, invidious distinctions..
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.
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Provokable :: Provokable (a.) That may be provoked.
Odium :: Odium (n.) The quality that provokes hatred; offensiveness.
Inflame :: Inflame (v. t.) To provoke to anger or rage; to exasperate; to irritate; to incense; to enrage.
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.
Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.
Inflammable :: Inflammable (a.) Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper..
Enrage :: Enrage (v. t.) To fill with rage; to provoke to frenzy or madness; to make furious.
Provoke :: Provoke (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism.
Resentment :: Resentment (n.) In a bad sense, strong displeasure; anger; hostility provoked by a wrong or injury experienced..
Tempt :: Tempt (v. t.) To endeavor to persuade; to induce; to invite; to incite; to provoke; to instigate.
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..
Inflamed :: Inflamed (p. a.) Set on fire; enkindled; heated; congested; provoked; exasperated.
Aggravate :: Aggravate (v. t.) To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate.
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