Definition:
- (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.
- (v. i.) To cause provocation or anger.
- (v. i.) To appeal. [A Latinism]
Compare provoke with other words:
provoke vs. provoked
irate vs. provoke
angry vs. provoke
provoke vs. vex
excite vs. provoke
murder vs. provoke
incur vs. provoke
persuade vs. provoke
antagonize vs. provoke
anger vs. provoke
irk vs. provoke
fire vs. provoke
ameliorate vs. provoke
provokable vs. provoke
provoke vs. tarre
provoke vs. titillate
compel vs. provoke
mean vs. provoke
activate vs. provoke
prevail vs. provoke
bully vs. provoke
abet vs. provoke
encourage vs. provoke
evocation vs. provoke
entice vs. provoke
exhort vs. provoke
prompt vs. provoke
arouse vs. provoke
provoke vs. trigger
provoke vs. taunting
cause vs. provoke
impel vs. provoke
fighting vs. provoke
koan vs. provoke
exasperate vs. provoke
provoke vs. tempt
harass vs. provoke
invite vs. provoke
irritate vs. provoke
provoke vs. urge
provoke vs. tease
elicit vs. provoke
provoke vs. troll
goad vs. provoke
displease vs. provoke
defy vs. provoke
provocative vs. provoke
provocation vs. provoke
provoke vs. rouse
invoke vs. provoke
inflame vs. provoke
induce vs. provoke
grill vs. provoke
evoke vs. provoke
engender vs. provoke
discompose vs. provoke
appeal vs. provoke
odium vs. provoke
aggravate vs. provoke
needle vs. provoke
provoke vs. stir
provoke vs. stimulate
nettle vs. provoke
acerbate vs. provoke
incite vs. provoke
provoke vs. work
instigate vs. provoke