Synonyms for Provoke:

adj.
• Other relevant words: (adjective)
- feeling.
n.
- begin.
- feelings.
- pain.
- touch off.
- court,
- seek.
• beset (noun)
- beset.
• bring on (noun)
- bring.
• chevvy (noun)
- chevvy.
• chevy (noun)
- chevy.
• chivvy (noun)
- chivvy.
• enkindle (noun)
- enkindle.
• harass (noun)
- harass.
• harry (noun)
- harry.
• hassle (noun)
- hassle.
• kick up (noun)
- kick up.
• Other relevant words: (noun)
- start.
• plague (noun)
- plague.
v.
• abet (verb)
- urge,
- advocate,
- endorse,
- encourage,
- back,
- sanction,
- spur,
- condone.
• add insult to injury (verb)
• affront (verb)
- give the cold shoulder,
- abuse,
- slander,
- face,
- confront,
- slight,
- taunt,
- criticize.
• aggravate (verb)
- give a hard time,
- dog,
- be at,
- wig,
- hack,
- be on the back of,
- drive up the wall,
- tease.
• anger (verb)
- bristle,
- miff,
- boil,
- seethe,
- rave,
- lose one's temper,
- rant,
- umbrage,
- burn,
- agitate,
- blow up,
- cross.
• arouse (verb)
- enliven,
- stimulate,
- warm,
- call,
- alert,
- foster,
- turn on.
• awake (verb)
- activate,
- revive.
• awaken (verb)
- rise shine,
- piling out,
- piles out,
- showed leg,
- showed a leg,
- piled out,
- rolls out,
- rolling out,
- showing a leg,
- shows leg,
- showing leg,
- shows a leg,
- show leg.
• bedevil (verb)
- be devilled,
- be-devil,
- be deviling,
- be-devilled,
- be-deviling,
- be-devils,
- be-deviled,
- be-devilling,
- be devilling,
- be devil,
- be deviled,
- be devils.
• bother (verb)
- carps at,
- dis-gust,
- up sets,
- intrude up on,
- dis-concerting,
- intruded up on,
- dis-concerts,
- dis-gusting,
- grated on,
- dis gusts,
- intruding upon,
- up-sets,
- dis concert,
- intruding up on,
- in convenience,
- dis-quiets,
- dis gust,
- dis-commode,
- intrudes up on,
- dis-quieted,
- dis may,
- grating on,
- dis quieting,
- carped at,
- dis mayed,
- dis concerted,
- dis quiets,
- dis commode,
- dis commodes,
- dis-concerted,
- dis-mays,
- dis gusting,
- in-conveniences,
- dis-mayed,
- up setting,
- up-set,
- dis quiet,
- dis concerting,
- up-setting,
- in conveniences,
- grates on,
- intrudes upon,
- dis maying,
- in-convenience,
- dis quieted,
- dis gusted,
- dis-quieting,
- carping at,
- dis mays,
- dis-concert,
- dis-gusts,
- dis-commodes,
- dis concerts,
- intruded upon,
- dis-quiet,
- dis-may,
- dis-maying,
- dis-gusted.
• bug (verb)
- gets someone,
- gat on someone,
- gets on someone,
- getting on someone,
- gotten someone,
- got someone,
- getting someone,
- gat someone,
- gotten on someone,
- got on someone.
• cause (verb)
- effect,
- bring on,
- bring about,
- force,
- execute,
- act,
- enforce,
- elicit,
- induce,
- give rise to,
- make,
- originate,
- engineer.
• challenge (verb)
- fly face of,
- stands up to,
- ex acted,
- ex-acted,
- ex act,
- flies the face of,
- made a stand,
- insisted upon,
- in quired,
- re-claimed,
- in quires,
- flew the face of,
- flying face of,
- made a point of,
- calling out,
- insisting up on,
- insisting upon,
- flying in the face of,
- make point of,
- flew in the face of,
- re-claiming,
- re claim,
- objecting to,
- ex acts,
- searches out,
- in quiring,
- ex-acts,
- hanged in,
- making a point of,
- hangs in,
- insisted up on,
- in quire,
- re quire,
- insists upon,
- re claiming,
- standing up to,
- flew in face of,
- asks for,
- flies face of,
- facing down,
- made stand,
- making point of,
- makes point of,
- faces off,
- sticked it out,
- ex acting,
- asking for,
- re quiring,
- stands to,
- objects to,
- faced off,
- in-quire,
- re claimed,
- make stand,
- faced down,
- making a stand,
- re claims,
- invites competition,
- objected to,
- faces down,
- hung in,
- re quires,
- sticks it out,
- in-quired,
- re-quiring,
- re quired,
- makes stand,
- re-quires,
- facing off,
- re-quired,
- makes a stand,
- ex-acting,
- making stand,
- re-quire,
- insists up on,
- flies in face of,
- makes a point of,
- insist up on,
- flies in the face of,
- in-quires,
- flew face of,
- stood to,
- sticking it out,
- face music,
- stuck it out,
- re-claims,
- in-quiring,
- flying in face of,
- made point of,
- fly the face of,
- invited competition,
- inviting competition,
- ex-act,
- flying the face of.
• dare (verb)
- knocked chip shoulder,
- outdaring,
- out dared,
- knocks chip shoulder,
- stepped over the line,
- outdared,
- call one bluff,
- mustering courage,
- stepped over line,
- taking one on,
- stepping over line,
- dis regarding,
- knocks chip off shoulder,
- knocking chip off shoulder,
- call bluff,
- outdares,
- run gauntlet,
- dis-regarding,
- made my day,
- out dares,
- dis regarded,
- dis-regards,
- took one on,
- dis-regarded,
- step over line,
- out-dared,
- stepping over the line,
- out-daring,
- steps over the line,
- out daring,
- out-dare,
- steps over line,
- takes one on,
- out dare,
- making my day,
- dis regards,
- call ones bluff,
- dis-regard,
- knocking chip shoulder,
- knocked chip off shoulder,
- knock chip shoulder,
- makes my day,
- musters courage,
- dis regard,
- squares off,
- out-dares,
- mustered courage.
• defy (verb)
- de feats,
- hurled defiance at,
- with standing,
- with stand,
- de-feat,
- de ride,
- de feat,
- de-ride,
- hurls defiance at,
- with-standing,
- re pulse,
- hurling defiance at,
- with-stand,
- with-stands,
- sticks fast,
- de-riding,
- re-pulsed,
- de-rides,
- re pulses,
- de riding,
- de rides,
- sticked fast,
- with stood,
- re-pulses,
- with stands,
- re pulsed,
- re-pulse,
- re pulsing,
- de-feats,
- re-pulsing.
• displease (verb)
- shock,
- aggrieve,
- jar,
- disgust,
- annoy,
- repel,
- scandalize,
- disappoint.
• disturb (verb)
- de pressed,
- dis-heartening,
- dis compose,
- de-presses,
- dis-tract,
- un settle,
- un hinging,
- inter-fere,
- un-hinged,
- un-settle,
- un-nerving,
- de-pressing,
- un hinges,
- un-settled,
- dis-composed,
- dis heartened,
- makes uneasy,
- un nerve,
- dis-composes,
- dis composes,
- de pressing,
- dis-heartens,
- de press,
- dis heartening,
- un-settling,
- un hinged,
- dis composed,
- dis-tracts,
- un-hinges,
- inter-feres,
- un settles,
- un-nerve,
- making uneasy,
- un hinge,
- dis composing,
- inter feres,
- un nerved,
- un nerving,
- un-hinge,
- dis tracts,
- dis tract,
- dis-composing,
- dis-compose,
- de presses,
- un-nerves,
- made uneasy,
- de-pressed,
- dis hearten,
- un settled,
- un settling,
- dis-hearten,
- dis-heartened,
- de-press,
- un-hinging,
- dis heartens,
- un nerves,
- inter fere.
• drive (verb)
- leaned on,
- acting upon,
- over burden,
- acts upon,
- over work,
- over burdens,
- over-burdening,
- steamrolling,
- over burdening,
- over-works,
- puts to,
- over works,
- puts up to,
- over-worked,
- act up on,
- over-work,
- acting up on,
- over burdened,
- over-burdened,
- over worked,
- leant on,
- over-burdens,
- spirited up,
- spirits up,
- over-working,
- spiriting up,
- putting up to,
- acted up on,
- leans on,
- steamrolls,
- steamrolled,
- over working,
- putting to,
- acts up on.
• electrify (verb)
• engender (verb)
- be-getting,
- brought forth,
- be-gotten,
- pro-creates,
- brings forth,
- pro-create,
- pro-creating,
- pro created,
- giving birth to,
- pro-created,
- pro creating,
- pro creates,
- pro create,
- be getting,
- be gotten.
• enrage (verb)
- made see red,
- makes see red,
- making blood boil,
- made blood boil,
- iring,
- makes blood boil,
- making see red.
• evoke (verb)
- ex-tort,
- ex tract,
- ex torts,
- re calls,
- re calling,
- ex tort,
- ex-tract,
- ex-torts,
- re-call,
- re-calls,
- re-called,
- re-calling,
- ex-tracts.
• exacerbate (verb)
- feed fire,
- goes from bad to worse,
- ex-acerbates,
- going from bad to worse,
- pushed one button,
- go from bad worse,
- fanned flames,
- rubbing salt a wound,
- fanned the flames,
- ex-acerbating,
- fed fire,
- ex-acerbated,
- went from bad worse,
- in crease,
- rubbed salt a wound,
- hits on,
- feeds the fire,
- fed the fire,
- went from bad to worse,
- in-creases,
- ex acerbating,
- hitting on,
- fanning the flames,
- in-crease,
- fanning flames,
- ex acerbate,
- rub salt a wound,
- in creases,
- pushed one's button,
- pushes ones button,
- push one button,
- ex acerbates,
- feeds fire,
- ex acerbated,
- fans flames,
- rubs salt wound,
- rubbed salt in wound,
- rubbed salt in a wound,
- pushed ones button,
- pushing ones button,
- pushes one's button,
- feeding fire,
- rubbing salt in wound,
- going from bad worse,
- fans the flames,
- goes from bad worse,
- ex-acerbate,
- fan flames,
- rubs salt a wound,
- pushes one button,
- pushing one button,
- push ones button,
- in-creased,
- rub salt wound,
- rubbed salt wound,
- rubbing salt in a wound,
- rubs salt in wound,
- feeding the fire,
- rubbing salt wound,
- rubs salt in a wound,
- pushing one's button,
- in creasing.
• excite (verb)
- ex-cited,
- de-light,
- ex-cite,
- de lighted,
- ex cite,
- touched off,
- ex cited,
- de-lights,
- de lights,
- ex-cites,
- de light,
- de lighting,
- ex citing,
- de-lighted,
- touches off,
- ex-citing,
- ex cites,
- de-lighting.
• exercise (verb)
- pre occupying,
- pre-occupied,
- pre-occupies,
- pre occupy,
- pre occupied,
- pre-occupy,
- pre-occupying,
- pre occupies.
• fascinate (verb)
- over whelmed,
- trans fix,
- be guiles,
- trans-fixes,
- over whelm,
- sub-dues,
- over-whelming,
- sub-due,
- over powers,
- be guile,
- over whelming,
- over powering,
- be witching,
- over-power,
- sub due,
- over-powers,
- over-whelms,
- over-whelm,
- be-guiles,
- be witches,
- over-powered,
- over-whelmed,
- trans-fixt,
- rivetted,
- be witched,
- be-witched,
- trans fixes,
- trans-fix,
- trans fixed,
- be-witch,
- over powered,
- over power,
- be-witches,
- be-witching,
- sub dues,
- trans fixing,
- over whelms,
- be-guile,
- trans-fixed,
- trans fixt,
- rivetting,
- trans-fixing,
- be witch,
- over-powering.
• ferment (verb)
- dis solving,
- dis solve,
- over-flowing,
- over-flown,
- over flow,
- dis-solves,
- dis solved,
- art violent,
- dis-solving,
- over flowed,
- over flown,
- dis-solve,
- over-flow,
- over flows,
- are violent,
- being violent,
- dis solves,
- was violent,
- is violent,
- am violent,
- wert violent,
- were violent,
- over flowing,
- wast violent,
- over-flows,
- dis-solved,
- over-flowed.
• fire (verb)
- in spirit,
- in-forming,
- in forms,
- in-spirited,
- in-spirit,
- in-spirits,
- in-forms,
- in-spiriting,
- in spirited,
- in form,
- in forming,
- in spiriting.
• flurry (verb)
- be-wilders,
- be wilder,
- be-wilder,
- be wilders,
- be wildered,
- be-wildered,
- be-wildering,
- be wildering.
• galvanize (verb)
- innervating,
- innervated,
- in-nervate,
- in nervate,
- innervates.
• generate (verb)
- re produced,
- multi plying,
- multi-plying,
- re produces,
- re-producing,
- re-produced,
- re producing,
- multi-plied,
- re-produces,
- re-produce.
• get (verb)
- talked in to,
- prevail up on,
- co-axing,
- gets someone goat,
- got someones goat,
- got someone goat,
- gat someones goat,
- argues in to,
- argue in to,
- co axed,
- gat someone goat,
- argued into,
- getting someones goat,
- argues into,
- co-axed,
- prevails upon,
- talks into,
- talking into,
- gotten someone's goat,
- co axing,
- gets someone's goat,
- getting someone goat,
- talking in to,
- talk in to,
- getting someone's goat,
- gotten someone goat,
- talked into,
- got someone's goat,
- gat someone's goat,
- gets someones goat,
- talks in to,
- argued in to,
- get someones goat,
- gotten someones goat,
- rub wrong way,
- get someone goat.
• get under one's skin (verb)
• goad (verb)
- keys up,
- keying up,
- siccing.
• hatch (verb)
- de-vise,
- pre paring,
- pre-pare,
- pre pares,
- de-vising,
- in-vent,
- pre pared,
- pre-pared,
- in vented,
- spitballing,
- pre-paring,
- de vise,
- spitballed,
- de-signed,
- in vents,
- gives birth,
- de-signs,
- laid eggs,
- de signed,
- de-signing,
- de vised,
- pre pare,
- de vising,
- trumping up,
- in-vented,
- in-vents,
- de sign,
- in venting,
- laying eggs,
- de-vised,
- threw together,
- de signing,
- throws together,
- de-sign,
- trumps up,
- de signs,
- in vent,
- in-venting,
- gave birth,
- throwing together.
• hound (verb)
- be one back,
- wert on one's tail,
- was on one case,
- are on back,
- art ones case,
- were one's case,
- am one's tail,
- am one tail,
- was ones tail,
- am on one's tail,
- wast on tail,
- am ones back,
- was ones case,
- wast on case,
- are one's back,
- were one tail,
- was one's tail,
- art ones back,
- was one back,
- wast on ones tail,
- wert case,
- chivies,
- wert on case,
- is tail,
- is case,
- was back,
- being one's back,
- scratching around,
- wert on ones case,
- being one tail,
- wert on ones back,
- be tail,
- was on one's tail,
- be on back,
- wert on one's case,
- is on ones back,
- are case,
- be case,
- were case,
- are on tail,
- is one's tail,
- are one's case,
- being one case,
- art case,
- art back,
- being on one case,
- be on tail,
- was case,
- be ones case,
- were on ones tail,
- wert on one's back,
- were on ones back,
- be on one back,
- wert ones back,
- is one's case,
- leaves no stone unturned,
- were ones case,
- am on tail,
- am one's back,
- are ones tail,
- am on back,
- being on tail,
- wert on one back,
- is one case,
- wast tail,
- was on one tail,
- wast ones tail,
- are on one back,
- am back,
- is on one back,
- scratched around,
- art tail,
- is one tail,
- were one case,
- are on ones case,
- be on one tail,
- is on back,
- being tail,
- is ones back,
- is on one case,
- hunting down,
- was tail,
- was on ones tail,
- wast ones case,
- was one's case,
- was on one's back,
- was on case,
- were back,
- being case,
- is on ones tail,
- am one back,
- were one's tail,
- are on one tail,
- are one's tail,
- are one case,
- is ones tail,
- art ones tail,
- am on ones back,
- wast on one's tail,
- art one's case,
- art one's tail,
- rags on,
- art one's back,
- are on one's tail,
- are one back,
- being on one's case,
- ragged on,
- hunts down,
- leaved no stone unturned,
- searching high heaven,
- were on one case,
- be one's tail,
- wert on ones tail,
- being on ones tail,
- am on one's back,
- are ones back,
- am on one back,
- taking out after,
- wast one's tail,
- was on back,
- yaps at,
- be one's case,
- is one's back,
- being on ones case,
- wast one case,
- is ones case,
- wert one's case,
- being one back,
- am one's case,
- wert tail,
- am on ones case,
- am ones case,
- were ones back,
- wert on one tail,
- are on one's back,
- took out after,
- being ones case,
- beat bushes,
- are one tail,
- scratches around,
- be one tail,
- is on tail,
- was on one back,
- turns upside down,
- was on ones back,
- was one's back,
- was on ones case,
- be ones tail,
- was on tail,
- wert on back,
- be ones back,
- are on ones back,
- wert one's tail,
- wast ones back,
- wast one's case,
- is on one's case,
- am on one tail,
- searches high heaven,
- was ones back,
- being on case,
- wast back,
- were ones tail,
- wast on back,
- being on one tail,
- searched high heaven,
- am tail,
- wert one's back,
- being on one's back,
- am on case,
- hunted down,
- were on one back,
- being one's case,
- turns inside out,
- left no stone unturned,
- wert on one case,
- am on one case,
- wast on one's case,
- were one's back,
- wast on one case,
- wert back,
- wast case,
- is back,
- were on case,
- being ones back,
- being on ones back,
- am on one's case,
- were one back,
- wert one back,
- wast one tail,
- gave chase,
- is on one's back,
- is on one tail,
- be on ones tail,
- wast one back,
- are on ones tail,
- were on one's back,
- be on ones back,
- turning upside down,
- was one tail,
- am one case,
- were on tail,
- wast on one tail,
- was one case,
- were on one's tail,
- wast on ones back,
- were on one's case,
- am on ones tail,
- wert ones tail,
- being on back,
- wert one tail,
- ragging on,
- yapping at,
- be on case,
- be on one case,
- leaving no stone unturned,
- is on one's tail,
- were on one tail,
- wert one case,
- be one case,
- am ones tail,
- are ones case,
- were on ones case,
- are tail,
- being on one's tail,
- wert on tail,
- wast on ones case,
- birddog,
- be back,
- giving chase,
- being on one back,
- be on ones case,
- yapped at,
- is one back,
- wert ones case,
- being back,
- wast on one back,
- is on case,
- were tail,
- am case,
- art one tail,
- are on case,
- being one's tail,
- being ones tail,
- are on one case,
- wast on one's back,
- was on one's case,
- are back,
- are on one's case,
- gives chase,
- takes out after,
- wast one's back,
- be one's back,
- is on ones case,
- were on back.
• impress (verb)
- made splash,
- over-awes,
- are conspicuous,
- makes splash,
- made impression,
- over-awed,
- making impression,
- over-awe,
- made hit,
- am conspicuous,
- make hit,
- made an impression,
- blows away,
- makes a hit,
- over awes,
- making a hit,
- making splash,
- making an impression,
- grand stand,
- blowing away,
- makes hit,
- making hit,
- wast conspicuous,
- over awe,
- being conspicuous,
- grand stands,
- pushed around,
- wert conspicuous,
- over-awing,
- grand standing,
- made a hit,
- is conspicuous,
- grand-standing,
- grand-stands,
- over awing,
- was conspicuous,
- make impression,
- buffaloing,
- makes an impression,
- were conspicuous,
- over awed,
- pushes around,
- art conspicuous,
- makes impression.
• incense (verb)
- getting a rise out of,
- gets rise out of,
- getting rise out of,
- gat a rise out of,
- gotten rise out of,
- got rise out of,
- got a rise out of,
- gotten a rise out of,
- gat rise out of,
- in censing,
- in cense,
- gets a rise out of,
- in-censing,
- get rise out of,
- in-cense,
- in censed,
- in-censes,
- in censes,
- in-censed.
• incite (verb)
- fanning the fire,
- fans the fire,
- in cited,
- in citing,
- in-citing,
- in-cited,
- in-cite,
- in cites,
- fanned the fire,
- fans fire,
- fanned fire,
- fanning fire,
- fan fire,
- in cite,
- sets off,
- in-cites.
• incur (verb)
- exposed oneself to,
- was subjected to,
- is subjected to,
- wert subjected to,
- bringing down on,
- brings down on,
- exposing oneself to,
- in-curring,
- meets with,
- exposes to,
- art subjected to,
- are subjected to,
- were subjected to,
- brought down on,
- am subjected to,
- in curred,
- in curring,
- exposing to,
- in-curred,
- being subjected to,
- meeting with,
- wast subjected to,
- exposes oneself to.
• inflame (verb)
- in flaming,
- in-flamed,
- in-flames,
- in flamed,
- in flame,
- in-flame,
- in-flaming.
• inspire (verb)
- gave impetus,
- give idea,
- gave an idea,
- giving impetus,
- gives an idea,
- in fuses,
- gives one an idea,
- was responsible for,
- giving an idea,
- gave idea,
- in stilling,
- in-stilled,
- in-fused,
- gave one an idea,
- in-stilling,
- starts off,
- re-assure,
- are responsible for,
- in-spiring,
- in spires,
- in spired,
- in fused,
- in-fuse,
- in fuse,
- being responsible for,
- re assures,
- in stilled,
- in spiring,
- re assure,
- starting off,
- gives impetus,
- re-assuring,
- in fusing,
- wast responsible for,
- in-spired,
- giving idea,
- were responsible for,
- re assured,
- am responsible for,
- re-assured,
- re-assures,
- gives idea,
- gives one idea,
- wert responsible for,
- giving one an idea,
- in-fusing,
- gave one idea,
- in-fuses,
- in spire,
- in-spires,
- in-spire,
- give one idea,
- giving one idea,
- art responsible for,
- give an idea.
• insult (verb)
- dis honors,
- re-vile,
- de grading,
- step on ones toes,
- stepped ones toes,
- re vile,
- de-basing,
- steps one's toes,
- de-grade,
- de-base,
- dis honored,
- de grades,
- under-estimating,
- step ones toes,
- steps on one's toes,
- step one toes,
- dis-honors,
- dis honoring,
- under-estimated,
- stepped on toes,
- de grade,
- step one's toes,
- de-grades,
- stepped on one's toes,
- de-graded,
- de base,
- stepping toes,
- step toes,
- stepped toes,
- stepping on toes,
- stepped one toes,
- de basing,
- dis-honoring,
- de based,
- de-grading,
- under-estimate,
- steps on toes,
- steps on ones toes,
- stepping on one toes,
- stepping ones toes,
- stepping on ones toes,
- dis-honor,
- steps toes,
- step on toes,
- dis honor,
- step on one toes,
- de graded,
- de-based,
- under estimated,
- stepping on one's toes,
- stepping one toes,
- stepped one's toes,
- stepped on ones toes,
- steps on one toes,
- steps one toes,
- steps ones toes,
- under estimating,
- dis-honored,
- under estimate,
- under estimates,
- stepping one's toes,
- stepped on one toes.
• invite (verb)
- has in,
- hath in,
- haddest over,
- invitationed,
- pro posing,
- appeals to,
- hast over,
- having in,
- appealing to,
- re-questing,
- has over,
- in-vite,
- having over,
- including as guest,
- hadst over,
- hath over,
- had in,
- gives invitation,
- re-quests,
- had over,
- hast in,
- invitationing,
- re quests,
- haddest in,
- included as guest,
- pro-pose,
- pro posed,
- hadst in,
- in vite,
- sending invitation,
- sends invitation,
- giving invitation,
- pro pose,
- re questing,
- sent invitation,
- re quested,
- pro-posing,
- gave invitation,
- includes as guest.
• irk (verb)
- in commodes,
- in-commode,
- in commode,
- in-commodes.
• irritate (verb)
- dis-tempers,
- dis temper,
- dis-temper,
- dis tempers,
- dis tempered,
- dis-tempered,
- dis-tempering,
- dis tempering.
• kindle (verb)
- be stirs,
- be stirring,
- be stirred,
- gat smoking,
- be-stirs,
- be stir,
- be-stirred,
- be-stir,
- gets smoking,
- gotten smoking,
- getting smoking,
- got smoking,
- be-stirring.
• madden (verb)
- drave out mind,
- drove distraction,
- drove insane,
- drove crazy,
- drave to distraction,
- drives out of mind,
- driving to distraction,
- drove out mind,
- drives distraction,
- un balances,
- drove out of mind,
- de-range,
- un-balance,
- drave crazy,
- drives out mind,
- drive out mind,
- drave insane,
- driving insane,
- de ranged,
- drave distraction,
- de-ranged,
- driving out of mind,
- de-ranges,
- un-balancing,
- drives to distraction,
- driving distraction,
- de range,
- drives insane,
- driving out mind,
- drave out of mind,
- un balancing,
- de ranges,
- un-balances,
- de-ranging,
- un balance,
- de ranging,
- drives crazy,
- driving crazy,
- drive distraction,
- un-balanced.
• miff (verb)
- re sents,
- re-sents,
- re sent,
- re-sent.
• motivate (verb)
- energize,
- sling,
- shoot,
- shove,
- launch,
- jog,
- instigate,
- hurl,
- lob,
- thrust,
- punch,
- strike,
- heave,
- jerk,
- magnetize,
- ram,
- nudge,
- move,
- pitch,
- jolt,
- catapult,
- bump,
- entice,
- knock,
- jostle,
- impel,
- hurtle,
- throw,
- fling,
- push,
- propel.
• nag (verb)
- be-rates,
- finding fault,
- found fault,
- up-braid,
- be rating,
- takes it out on,
- be rate,
- takes out on,
- up-braiding,
- taking it out on,
- up-braids,
- took it out on,
- be rated,
- finds fault,
- be-rate,
- up braided,
- up braid,
- took out on,
- be-rated,
- up-braided,
- be-rating,
- up braids,
- taking out on,
- be rates.
• offend (verb)
- being disagreeable,
- turning one off,
- art disagreeable,
- wast disagreeable,
- was disagreeable,
- wert disagreeable,
- turns one off,
- were disagreeable,
- is disagreeable,
- am disagreeable,
- are disagreeable,
- turned one off.
• peeve (verb)
- getting one's goat,
- gat one's goat,
- gotten one's goat,
- gat goat,
- gets one goat,
- gets ones goat,
- got goat,
- getting ones goat,
- gotten ones goat,
- got one's goat,
- gat one goat,
- got one goat,
- got ones goat,
- gotten one goat,
- gets goat,
- gat ones goat,
- gotten goat,
- get ones goat,
- get one goat,
- getting goat,
- getting one goat.
• pester (verb)
- gat in hair,
- getting in one hair,
- get hair,
- gat one's hair,
- getting in ones hair,
- gotten in ones hair,
- got ones hair,
- got hair,
- messes with,
- re-minded,
- re-mind,
- gat ones hair,
- got one's hair,
- re-minding,
- gets one hair,
- get ones hair,
- re minded,
- gotten hair,
- gets one's hair,
- get in ones hair,
- gat in one's hair,
- getting in one's hair,
- gat hair,
- gets hair,
- re-minds,
- got one hair,
- get in one hair,
- getting one hair,
- messing with,
- got in hair,
- gotten one's hair,
- re minding,
- got in one's hair,
- got in ones hair,
- get one hair,
- getting ones hair,
- gotten in hair,
- gotten in one's hair,
- messed with,
- gets in one's hair,
- gets in one hair,
- gets ones hair,
- gets in ones hair,
- gat in one hair,
- re minds,
- got in one hair,
- gat one hair,
- get one's hair,
- gotten one hair,
- gotten ones hair,
- getting hair,
- getting in hair,
- gat in ones hair,
- re mind,
- gets in hair,
- gotten in one hair,
- getting one's hair.
• pick on (verb)
- picks on.
• poke (verb)
- over hangs,
- over-hanging,
- over-hang,
- over hang,
- over-hangs.
• prime (verb)
- re-hearses,
- co ached,
- makes ready,
- co-aching,
- co aching,
- re hearses,
- re-hearse,
- co-ached.
• prod (verb)
- jogging memory,
- jogged memory,
- jogs memory.
• produce (verb)
- makes for,
- pro duce,
- pro-duces,
- pro duces,
- pro-duce.
• prompt (verb)
- helping out,
- helps out,
- re-fresh,
- re freshes,
- re-freshes.
• put out (verb)
- dis-comfits,
- dis countenances,
- put the spot,
- puts on spot,
- impose up on,
- dis-countenances,
- dis countenancing,
- dis countenance,
- dis-countenancing,
- imposed up on,
- imposing up on,
- dis-countenance,
- put on spot,
- imposing upon,
- dis comfits,
- dis countenanced,
- dis-comfit,
- puts spot,
- putting on the spot,
- dis comfit,
- putting on spot,
- putting the spot,
- imposes up on,
- puts the spot,
- puts on the spot,
- dis-countenanced,
- put spot.
• raise (verb)
- sets on,
- putting forward,
- setting on.
• rile (verb)
• rouse (verb)
- gotten going,
- re-double,
- re doubles,
- re double,
- gat going,
- re doubled,
- re-doubles,
- intensates,
- re-doubled,
- Intensating,
- Intensated,
- re doubling,
- re-doubling,
- gets going.
• ruffle (verb)
- co-wing,
- throwing into tizzy,
- co-wed,
- threw into tizzy,
- co wing,
- throws into tizzy,
- throwing in to tizzy,
- throws in to tizzy,
- threw in to tizzy,
- co wed,
- throw in to tizzy.
• set (verb)
- put motion,
- puts in motion,
- putting in motion,
- puts motion,
- putting motion.
• spark (verb)
- set motion,
- sets motion.
• spite (verb)
- be-sets,
- be-grudged,
- be setting,
- be sets,
- upsets apple cart,
- upsetting apple cart,
- hanging up,
- be grudging,
- be grudge,
- cramping style,
- be grudged,
- hanged up,
- cramped style,
- be-grudges,
- cramps style,
- be-setting,
- be-set,
- upsetting the apple cart,
- be grudges,
- upsets the apple cart,
- be-grudge,
- be-grudging.
• stir (verb)
- adjied,
- adds fuel fire,
- adjies,
- stirs embers,
- stirred embers,
- stirring embers,
- adds fuel to fire,
- switches on,
- adjying.
• tempt (verb)
- de coying,
- de-coying,
- making mouth water,
- makes mouth water,
- de-coy,
- play to,
- played up to,
- de-coyed,
- de coys,
- de coyed,
- played to,
- playing to,
- plays up to,
- turns ones head,
- turning head,
- turn one head,
- playing up to,
- turning one's head,
- turn head,
- turned one's head,
- mousetrapping,
- mousetrapped,
- made mouth water,
- de-coys,
- turned ones head,
- turning one head,
- plays to,
- turns head,
- turning ones head,
- turns one head,
- turned head,
- turned one head,
- turn ones head,
- de coy,
- turns one's head.
• throw down the gauntlet (verb)
• titillate (verb)
- tickles pink,
- tickling pink.
• torment (verb)
- mis-treated,
- mis treated,
- ex-cruciate,
- ex cruciate,
- plays cat and mouse,
- puts through wringer,
- playing cat mouse,
- drove bananas,
- drave bananas,
- played cat and mouse,
- drives bananas,
- playing cat and mouse,
- play cat mouse,
- mis treating,
- played cat mouse,
- mis-treats,
- mis-treat,
- putting through wringer,
- driving bananas,
- plays cat mouse,
- mis treat,
- mis treats.
• transport (verb)
- trans-porting,
- up lighted,
- up lights,
- up-lighted,
- uplighting,
- up-lights,
- up-lighting,
- up-light,
- trans ported,
- up light,
- carrying away,
- trans porting,
- carries away,
- up lighting,
- trans-ported,
- uplighted.
• upset, irritate; inconvenience (verb)
- put out.
• vex (verb)
- gives a bad time,
- giving a bad time,
- gave bad time,
- give bad time,
- gave a bad time,
- gives bad time,
- giving bad time.
• wake/waken (verb)
- re new,
- re-news,
- re news,
- zipping up,
- re-new,
- under-stands,
- zips up,
- under stands,
- under stand,
- under-stood,
- under-standing,
- under stood,
- under standing,
- jazzes up,
- jazzing up.
Other synonyms:
- ignite,
- bum out,
- resonate,
- antagonize,
- rekindle,
- persecute,
- redound,
- wear on,
- lash,
- instill,
- bait,
- Overexcite,
- rankle,
- get to,
- gall,
- stoke,
- give back,
- tee off,
- result in,
- rend.
- nettle,
- piss off,
- rattle,
- egg on,
- churn up,
- outrage,
- swamp.
- decide,
- assert,
- go over,
- sting,
- pique,
- spread,
- counterpoint,
- do to,
- overwhelm.
- restore,
- affect,
- send.
- throw up,
- translate.
- go down.
- draw.
- meet,
- touch.
- leave.
- give,
- work.
• aggravate
- Bumming,
- gets to,
- Bummed,
- Hacking,
- wigging,
- got to,
- get on one's nerves,
- getting to,
- Hacked,
- wigged,
- Nettles.
• awaken
- roll out,
- rolled out,
- pile out,
- turned out,
- show a leg.
• cause
- makes up,
- originates,
- lead to,
- think up,
- get things rolling,
- thought up,
- resulting in,
- be at the bottom of,
- gave rise to,
- resulted in,
- leading to,
- gives rise to,
- sow seeds,
- giving rise to,
- sow the seeds,
- leads to,
- start the ball rolling,
- led to,
- start ball rolling.
• chafe
- Rubbed.
• defy
- hurl defiance at,
- stuck fast,
- fly in face of,
- Ridiculed,
- Repulsing,
- sticking fast,
- stick fast.
• displease
- Discontenting,
- zinging,
- cut to the quick,
- curdling,
- curdled,
- Winging,
- play dirty.
• excite
- touching off.
• gall
- galling.
• influence
- impress.
• irritate
- Distempering,
- Distempered,
- irritates.
• madden
• miff
- miffed.
• motivate
- Innerved,
- Innerve,
- set astir,
- give incentive,
- Innerving,
- set afoot.
• needle
- needling.
• Other relevant words:
- put forward,
- fizzing,
- have over,
- setting in motion,
- steam up,
- incite,
- generate,
- calling forth,
- get a rise out of,
- find fault,
- sicking,
- SICS,
- invited,
- irk,
- asked for,
- include as guest,
- object to,
- chivy,
- turned upside down,
- extort,
- switch on,
- madden,
- sparkle,
- fire,
- simmer,
- searched out,
- bedevil,
- get smoking,
- make a stand,
- prepped,
- overawed,
- Rallied,
- Promoted,
- heated up,
- push one's button,
- eaten,
- prompt,
- infatuate,
- fire up,
- get on someone,
- play up to,
- irritate,
- make uneasy,
- incur,
- grieve,
- support,
- fascinate,
- bug,
- zipped up,
- inspires,
- slap in the face,
- take breath away,
- IRED,
- disturb,
- powered,
- get one's goat,
- searching out,
- be on one's case,
- Madded,
- get mad,
- promotes,
- Boning,
- put up to,
- triggering,
- Grand-stand,
- give a bad time,
- enrage,
- acted upon,
- argue into,
- raise,
- infuriate,
- Rowelling,
- take one's breath away,
- appealed to,
- tick off,
- tire,
- nag,
- switched on,
- henpecked,
- call out,
- set in motion,
- galvanize,
- Rowelled,
- lay eggs,
- re-claim,
- stir embers,
- invite,
- step over the line,
- burning up,
- mess with,
- goad,
- offend,
- Overawing,
- stirred up,
- rag on,
- drive,
- make a hit,
- blew away,
- Roweling,
- make sore,
- rivets,
- turn upside down,
- occasions,
- toffs,
- rile,
- fuddled,
- turn one off,
- rousing,
- hound,
- hit on,
- Dispraised,
- kindle,
- prepping,
- do it,
- getting going,
- incense,
- overawes,
- infect,
- bestir,
- gets one's goat,
- drive bananas,
- Buffaloes,
- trigger,
- intrude upon,
- insist upon,
- frothing,
- scratch around,
- in spirits,
- adjy,
- stirs up,
- start off,
- squared off,
- ruffle,
- bird dog,
- Ragging,
- put down,
- needle,
- Gnawing,
- spite,
- worked on,
- buffalo,
- dynamize,
- insult,
- make an impression,
- met with,
- Shepherded,
- prime,
- laughed at,
- challenge,
- get someone's goat,
- lays eggs,
- zip up,
- sic,
- throw together,
- set,
- set on,
- spark,
- carried away,
- woken,
- lose temper,
- uplights,
- chafe,
- rouse,
- exercise,
- overawe,
- spurn,
- froth,
- meet face to face,
- be disagreeable,
- Outdare,
- make a point of,
- take it out on,
- intoxicate,
- vex,
- get in one's hair,
- pester,
- ask for it,
- be subjected to,
- hatch,
- feed the fire,
- twist the knife,
- Spawned,
- ask for,
- Sneered,
- jolting,
- upset apple cart,
- act upon,
- be on one's tail,
- insist,
- got going,
- get going,
- fan the fire,
- turning on,
- slap the face,
- Deviling,
- make my day,
- dump on,
- knock the chip off one's shoulder,
- called out,
- Dispraising,
- encounter,
- boned,
- bring down on,
- put to,
- get,
- Deviled,
- helped out,
- squaring off,
- Mads,
- infatuates,
- honied,
- spitballs,
- railroad,
- wheedle,
- bestirs,
- enamor,
- grate on,
- push around,
- puts forward,
- ferment,
- awake,
- spirit up,
- ask for trouble,
- Chivied,
- motivate,
- try one's patience,
- leaning on,
- intoxicates,
- Mooting,
- impeded,
- stir up,
- rub salt in a wound,
- hit where one lives,
- make mouth water,
- sets in motion,
- take out after,
- do something about it,
- search high heaven,
- give birth to,
- fly in the face of,
- provoke,
- titillate,
- Riveted,
- Bestirred,
- powering,
- engender,
- goose,
- put through wringer,
- take out on,
- dispraise,
- leads on,
- arouse,
- boil over,
- triggers,
- enraged,
- hinders,
- get in hair,
- standing to,
- enthuses,
- square off,
- Urged,
- start something,
- get on nerves,
- Siring,
- go from bad to worse,
- affront,
- started off,
- knock chip off shoulder,
- Moiling,
- boiling over,
- pick on,
- step on one's toes,
- stood up to,
- throw down gauntlet,
- goosing,
- fuddles,
- talk into,
- blistered,
- turn one's head,
- Egged,
- rub salt in wound,
- makes waves,
- mesmerize,
- mousetrap,
- meet with,
- defy,
- have in,
- give a zinger,
- dispraises,
- give one an idea,
- burn up,
- under-estimates,
- sicced,
- exacerbate,
- fires up,
- Bestirring,
- called forth,
- ridden,
- jog memory,
- fan the flames,
- leavening,
- abet,
- heat up,
- be violent,
- cause,
- cramp style,
- Trancing,
- hunt down,
- sicked,
- rub one the wrong way,
- molest,
- take one on,
- be responsible for,
- exposed to,
- protrude,
- grate,
- Commoving,
- play cat and mouse,
- whet,
- throw into tizzy,
- push one's buttons,
- hang up,
- face down,
- put in motion,
- get goat,
- electrify,
- stick it out,
- setting off,
- key up,
- wire,
- produce,
- commove,
- wake up,
- pushing around,
- get under one's skin,
- track down,
- Roust,
- gave birth to,
- eat,
- switching on,
- Fretting,
- Intensate,
- evoke,
- Honeying,
- remind,
- in flames,
- leave no stone unturned,
- bring forth,
- fret,
- sending,
- occasion,
- stand up to,
- enthuse,
- inflame,
- parented,
- steamed up,
- stand to,
- Infatuating,
- peeve,
- heating,
- hasten,
- bother,
- steaming up,
- hanging in,
- Plaguing,
- poke,
- set off,
- keyed up,
- get someone,
- Fuddling,
- win over,
- Egging,
- make waves,
- is responsible for,
- carry away,
- displease,
- rattle one's cage,
- rub salt in the wound,
- juiced,
- give invitation,
- raise hell,
- make ready,
- hang in,
- Devilling,
- heckle,
- overburdened,
- excite,
- PREPS,
- make blood boil,
- perturb,
- face off,
- bringing forth,
- rowels,
- gooses,
- gives birth to,
- goosed,
- woke up,
- enthusing,
- work on,
- give impetus,
- get under skin,
- innervate,
- mousetraps,
- burned up,
- up set,
- made ready,
- be on one's back,
- embitter,
- stew,
- uplight,
- moots,
- search out,
- Frothed,
- expose to,
- Sired,
- make splash,
- turn inside out,
- Fussed,
- heckling,
- buffaloed,
- prod,
- Fussing,
- making ready,
- working on,
- fuddle,
- transport,
- throw down the gauntlet,
- over-wrought,
- aggravate,
- blow away,
- expose oneself to,
- rowel,
- appeal to,
- psyching,
- send invitation,
- turning inside out,
- lean on,
- vivify,
- toff,
- call forth,
- juicing,
- work up,
- stirring up,
- frenzying,
- inspire,
- foment,
- Impassion,
- steamroll,
- anger,
- carp at,
- lead on,
- Fronting,
- be conspicuous,
- be set,
- Roweled,
- invite competition,
- inspired,
- Devilled,
- railroaded,
- spitball,
- upset the apple cart,
- waked up,
- psychs,
- acerbate,
- turned inside out,
- dumped on,
- led on,
- slap in face,
- rivet,
- whip up,
- yap at,
- give chase,
- prep,
- come with,
- tempt,
- stir,
- infuse,
- eating,
- Imprest,
- dare,
- heats up,
- calls out,
- flurry,
- giving birth,
- raising hell,
- Chivying,
- cross swards,
- exhort,
- Mooted,
- muster courage,
- extorts,
- over-burden,
- invite to debate,
- help out,
- evoked,
- give birth,
- torment,
- parenting,
- Shepherding,
- waking up,
- trump up,
- PSYCH,
- sticks out,
- railroading,
- make see red,
- ticked off.
• produce
- produces,
- make for,
- making for.
• put out
- impose upon,
- put on the spot,
- imposes upon,
- imposed upon,
- putting spot.
• tease
- rise.
• titillate
- tickle pink.

How to use "Provoke" in context?

The word "provoke" can mean to anger or irritate someone by doing something that is not appropriate. It can also mean to entice someone to do something. When someone provokes another person, they are normally looking to get a reaction. Provoking can also be a way of testing someone's reaction.

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- Proper noun, singular
  provokes.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  arouses.
- Verb, base form
  arouse.
Independent
- Proper noun, singular
  casts, poses, fuels.
- Verb, past tense
  elicited, led, Caused, Resulted, Created, triggered.
- Verb, 3rd person singular present
  pits, casts, sparks, evokes, stirs, poses, discusses, creates.
- Verb, base form
  aggravate, attract, awaken, bring, create, elicit, encourage, engender, entail, excite, foment, foster, galvanise, galvanize, generate, incur, induce, inflame, inflict, initiate, inspire, instigate, instil, instill, irritate, lay, motivate, occur, pose, precipitate, promote, propel, push, result, sow, stimulate, unleash, Generating.
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- Verb, base form
  evoke, incite, lead, produce, wreak.

Hypernym for Provoke:

v.
- communication
  incite, stir up, foment, jog, entice, set off, rejuvenate, tempt, instigate, agitate, lure.

Hyponym for Provoke:

v.
- communication
  challenge.

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