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pro·voke  (pr-vk)

tr.v. pro·voked, pro·vok·ing, pro·vokes

1. To incite to anger or resentment.

2. To stir to action or feeling.

3. To give rise to; evoke: provoke laughter.

4. To bring about deliberately; induce: provoke a fight.

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[Middle English provoken, from Old French provoquer, from Latin prvocre, to challenge : pr-, forth; see pro-¹ + vocre, to call; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: provoke, incite, excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, stir¹
These verbs mean to move a person to action or feeling or to summon something into being by so moving a person. Provoke often merely states the consequences produced: "Let my presumption not provoke thy wrath" Shakespeare. "A situation which in the country would have provoked meetings" John Galsworthy.
To incite is to provoke and urge on: Members of the opposition incited the insurrection.
Excite implies a strong or emotional reaction: The movie will fail; the plot excites little interest or curiosity.
Stimulate suggests renewed vigor of action as if by spurring or goading: "Our vigilance was stimulated by our finding traces of a large ... encampment" Francis Parkman.
To arouse means to awaken, as from inactivity or apathy; rouse means the same, but more strongly implies vigorous or emotional excitement: "In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives" Felix Frankfurter. "The oceangoing steamers ... roused in him wild and painful longings" Arnold Bennett.
To stir is to cause activity, strong but usually agreeable feelings, trouble, or commotion: "It was him as stirred up th' young woman to preach last night" George Eliot. "I have seldom been so ... stirred by any piece of writing" Mark Twain. See Also Synonyms at annoy.

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provoke

Verb

[-voking, -voked]

1. to deliberately act in a way intended to anger someone: waving a red cape, Delgado provoked the animal into charging

2. to incite or stimulate: the army seems to have provoked this latest confrontation

3. (often foll. by into)to cause a person to react in a particular, often angry, way: keeping your true motives hidden may provoke others into being just as two-faced with you

4. to bring about: the case has provoked furious public debate [Latin provocare to call forth]

provoking adj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	provoke - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" arouse, elicit, evoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" excite - arouse or elicit a feeling anger - make angry; "The news angered him" discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure shame - cause to be ashamed spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" call forth, evoke, kick up bring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident" pick - provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
	3.	provoke - provide the needed stimulus for stimulate entice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation" rejuvenate - cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land jog - stimulate to remember; "jog my memory" instigate, incite, stir up, set off - provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people" challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match" agitate, foment, stir up - try to stir up public opinion
	4.	provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague needle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks" annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" haze - harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

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provoke

verb 1. anger, insult, annoy, offend, irritate, infuriate, hassle (informal) aggravate (informal) incense, enrage, gall, put someone out, madden, exasperate, vex, affront, chafe, irk, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves (informal) get someone's back up, put someone's back up, try someone's patience, nark Brit., Austral., N.Z. (slang) make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair (informal) rub someone up the wrong way, hack someone off (informal) << OPPOSITE pacify

verb 2. rouse, cause, produce, lead to, move, fire, promote, occasion, excite, inspire, generate, prompt, stir, stimulate, motivate, induce, bring about, evoke, give rise to, precipitate, elicit, inflame, incite, instigate, kindle, foment, call forth, draw forth, bring on or down << OPPOSITE curb

Translations

provoke [prəˈvəuk] vt (= arouse) → provocar, incitar (= cause); causar, producir [+ anger]; enojar;

to provoke sb to sth/to do or into doing sth → provocar a algn a algo/a hacer algo

provoke [prəˈvəuk] vt → provoquer;

to provoke sb to sth/to do or into doing sth → pousser qn à qch/à faire qch

provoke [prəˈvəuk] vt [+ person] → provozieren, herausfordern [+ fight]; herbeiführen [+ reaction etc]; hervorrufen;

to provoke sb to do or into doing sth → jdn dazu provozieren, etw zu tun

provoke [prəˈvəuk] vt → provocare; incitare;

to provoke sb to sth/to do or into doing sth → spingere qn a qc/a fare qc

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provoke

v provoke [prəˈvəuk]

1 to make angry or irritated Are you trying to provoke me?uitlok, tartيُثير، يَستَفِزпредизвиквамprovokovatprovokereverärgernπροκαλώ, ερεθίζω κπ.provocarprovotseerimaعصبانی کردنprovosoidaprovoquerלְהַרגִיזक्रुद्ध करना, उत्तेजित करनाbosszantmemancing kemarahanergjaprovocare怒らせる화나게 하다(su)pykdyti, (su)erzinti[]provocēt; kaitinātmembangkitkan kemarahanuitdagenprovosere, utfordresprowokowaćprovocara pro­­vocaсердить, раздражатьprovokovaťrazdražitiprovociratireta uppยั่วยุอารมณ์kızdırmak, öfkelendirmek激怒，挑舋сердити, роздратовуватиبھڑکانا، اشتعال دلاناchọc tức; khiêu khích激怒，挑衅

2 to cause His words provoked laughter.veroorsaakيُسَبِّبподтиквамvzbuditfremkaldehervorrufenπροξενώprovocaresile kutsumaموجب شدنaikaansaadaprovoquerלְעוֹרֵרउत्पन्न करना, कारण होनाokozmenyebabkanvaldaprovocare引き起こす...을 일으키다sukeltiizraisīt, izsauktmenimbulkanveroorzakenutløse, vekkewywołaćprovocara provocaвызыватьvyvolaťizzvatiizazvatiframkallaเป็นเหตุให้neden olmak, yol açmak引起викликатиباعث ہوناgây ra引起

3 to cause (a person etc) to react in an angry way He was provoked into hitting her.uitlokيَسْتَفِزпровокирамrozzlobitprovokereprovozierenπροκαλώprovocarässitamaتحریک کردنhärnätäprovoquerלְגָרוֹתआकर्षित करने की कोशिश करना, प्रदर्शित करनाprovokálmembangkitkan kemarahanespaprovocare刺激する...을 자극하여 ...시키다, 도발하다išprovokuoti[]provocēt; izaicinātmemberangsangkanzo kwaad maken datprovosere, tergeprowokowaćprovocara pro­vocaпровоцироватьrozhnevaťizzvatiisprovociratiprovoceraทำให้โกรธkışkırtmak, tahrik etmek迫使(某人做出憤怒反應)провокуватиاشتعال دلاناkhiến迫使（某人做出愤怒反应）

n provocation [provəˈkeiʃən]

the act of provoking or state of being provoked. uitlokking, tartingإثارَه، إسْتِفْزازпровокацияprovokaceprovokationdie Provokationπρόκλησηprovocaciónprovokatsioonتحریکyllytysprovocationלְהִתגָרוֹתछेड़खानी, छेड़छाड़, उत्तेजनprovokációprovokasiögrunprovocazione刺激자극, 도발; 화provokacijaprovokācija; izaicinājumsprovokasiprovocatieprovokasjonprowokacjaprovocaçãoprovocareпровокация; раздражениеprovokáciaizzivanjeprovokacijaprovokationการยั่วยุอารมณ์kışkırtma, öfkelendirme挑舋，激怒підбурювання; провокаціяاشتعالsự khiêu khích挑衅，激怒

adj proˈvocative [-ˈvokətiv]

likely to rouse feeling, especially anger or sexual interest provocative remarks; a provocative dress.uitlokkend, tartendمُثير، مُهَيِّجпровокативенvyzývavýprovokerendeaufreizendπροκλητικόςprovocador; (sexual) provocativoprovokatiivneتحریک آمیزprovosoivaprovocant, provocateurפְּרוֹבוֹקָטִיבִיउत्तेजक, प्रेरक, उद्दीपकkihívóprovokatifögrandi, æsandiprovocatorio; provocante刺激的な화나게 하는, 자극하는provokacinis, provokuojantis, gundantisprovokatorisks; izaicinošsbersikap provokatifuitdagendopphissende, pirrendeprowokującyprovocanteprovo­catorвызывающийvyzývavýizzivalenprovokativanprovokativ, utmanandeกวนโทสะkışkırtıcı, tahrik edici挑舋的，激發的провокаційнийاشتعال انگيز، ہيجان خيزkhiêu khích挑衅的，激发的

adv proˈvocatively

uitlokkend, tartendبِصورَةٍ إسْتِفْزازيَّهпровокативноdráždivěprovokerendeprovozierendπροκλητικάprovocativamenteprovokatiivseltبطور تحریک آمیزprovosoivastid'une manière provocante/provocatriceבְּאוֹפֶן פְּרוֹבוֹקָטִיבִיउत्तेजकता से, प्रेरकता सेkihívóansecara provokatifá ögrandi háttin maniera provocatoria/provocante挑発的に화나게provokatoriškaiprovokatoriski; izaicinošiprovokatifuitdagendprovoserende, opphissende, utfordrendeprowokującoprovocantemente(în mod) provocatorвызывающеprovokatívneizzivalnoprovokativnoprovokativt, utmanandeอย่างยั่วโมโหkışkırtarak, tahrik ederek挑舋地провокаційноاشتعال انگيزي سےmột cách khiêu khích挑衅地