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provoking

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pro·vok·ing  (pr-vkng)
adj.
Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations: a provoking delay at the airport.
pro·voking·ly adv.
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Adj.1.provoking - causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport"
agitating, agitative
provocative - serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
Translations
provoking [prəˈvəukɪŋ] adj → provocador(a)
provoking [prəˈvəukɪŋ] adj → énervant(e) → exaspérant(e)
provoking [prəˈvəukɪŋ] adj → irritante, esasperante


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While I have been endeavouring to fill her mind with maxims of prudence, you have been provoking her to reject them.
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I get tired of other girls--there is such a provoking and eternal sameness about them.
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The viceroy, during all the time he was engaged in this expedition, heard very provoking accounts of the bad conduct of his wife, and complained of it to the Emperor, entreating him either to punish his daughter himself, or to permit him to deliver her over to justice, that, if she was falsely accused, she might have an opportunity of putting her own honour and her husband's out of dispute.
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