Definition for Provoked:

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Synonyms for Provoked:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • provoked.
  •angry (adjective)
  • raging,
  • mad,
  • irritable,
  • irate,
  • indignant,
  • splenetic.
  •excited (adjective)
  • juiced up,
  • hysterical,
  • aflame,
  • in a tizzy,
  • steamed up,
  • zipped up,
  • keyed up,
  • over-wrought.
  •huffy (adjective)
  • miffed,
  • huffy,
  • more pettish,
  • most pettish,
  • most huffish,
  • snappish,
  • more huffish,
  • more moping,
  • fractious,
  • most moping,
  • most irked,
  • more irked.
  •pissed off (adjective)
  • steaming,
  • teed off,
  • pissed off,
  • most peed,
  • td off,
  • fit be tied,
  • more peed.
  •troubled (adjective)
  • most plagued,
  • more beset,
  • most tortured,
  • more chagrined,
  • most pestered,
  • more tormented,
  • more tortured,
  • more plagued,
  • more aggravated,
  • most harrowed,
  • most tormented,
  • more inconvenienced,
  • troubled,
  • dis tressed,
  • most aggravated,
  • un easier,
  • most disquieted,
  • dis-quieted,
  • most chagrined,
  • most inconvenienced,
  • more disquieted,
  • un easy,
  • most anguished,
  • more pestered,
  • un-easier,
  • un easiest,
  • more anguished,
  • most mortified,
  • most beset,
  • dis quieted,
  • more mortified,
  • dis-tressed,
  • more harrowed,
  • un-settled,
  • be-set,
  • un-easiest,
  • un settled.

• adv.

  •up in arms (adverb)
  • at swords points,
  • in uproar,
  • up arms,
  • in the midst battle,
  • in midst of battle,
  • in midst battle.

• v.

  •caused (verb)
  • elicited,
  • gave rise to,
  • Acted,
  • forced,
  • evoked,
  • Engendered,
  • Generated,
  • effected,
  • motivated,
  • given rise to,
  • Brought,
  • Originated,
  • made,
  • driven,
  • executed,
  • Engineered,
  • brought about,
  • induced,
  • Caused,
  • enforced,
  • drove,
  • produced,
  • inspired.
  •displeased (verb)
  • Repelled,
  • angered,
  • riled,
  • disturbed,
  • disappointed,
  • displeased,
  • disgusted,
  • aggrieved,
  • Jarred,
  • shocked,
  • Grated,
  • bothered,
  • Scandalized.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • angry,
  • anguished,
  • excited,
  • huffish,
  • irritated,
  • offended,
  • pettish,
  • seeing red,
  • wroth,
  • ticked off,
  • burned up,
  • bent out of shape,
  • in a huff,
  • be set,
  • blown a gasket,
  • hopping mad,
  • up set,
  • very upset,
  • worried stiff,
  • fighting mad,
  • peed,
  • peeved off,
  • t'd off,
  • tee'd off.
  •adv
  • at odds,
  • up in arms,
  • at war,
  • at swords' points,
  • in an uproar,
  • in the midst of battle,
  • prepared for war.
  •n.
  • aggravated,
  • annoyed,
  • enraged,
  • exasperated,
  • incensed,
  • vexed,
  • pissed off (vulgar;the man was pissed off when his mother-in-law cooked food he didn't like. ).

Paraphrases for Provoked:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    aroused, stirred.
  • Verb, past participle
    aroused.

• Independent

  • Verb, past tense
    evoked, Precipitated, Prompted, sparked, Engendered, encouraged, produced, Instigated, Promoted, Generated, erupted, triggered, inspired, elicited, angered, posed, Wreaked, Spurred, Contributed, Garnered, Occurred, facilitated, Attracted, initiated, Caught, reacted, Incurred, sustained, Created, Emerged, received, Roused, Inflicted, Brought, Arose, Ensued, earned, Caused, Killed, left, led, Detonated, Took, wrought, unleashed, forced, Resulted, Spawned, Enabled, pushing, Pushed, drew, engaged, Blew, impacted, Objected, raised, Yielded, effects, Encountered, fueled, Gave, Dragged, Became, drove, started, featured, faced, fanned, paid, pulled, Allowed, Challenged, placed, cast, HIT, touched, Launched, Meant, zu, Met, Claimed, Accounted, wanted.
  • Verb, past participle
    evoked, provocative, proved, Invoked, Prompted, sparked, pressed, Engendered, Incited, encouraged, Prevailed, produced, motivated, Instigated, Promoted, Generated, discouraged, Fomented, triggered, inspired, stimulated, Perpetrated, elicited, relieved, pressured, compelled, interlinked, leveraged, posed, observed, ignited, fostered, Deteriorated, induced, Evolved, Persuaded, Originated, harmed, Spurred, Contributed, Mobilized, expressed, Occurred, forged, excited, Necessitated, Attracted, accompanied, Underpinned, embroiled, initiated, invited, Caught, paved, Convened, activated, Urged, impelled, Incurred, Suffered, sustained, Created, Emerged, received, awakened, involved, revealed, Ushered, Arisen, Culminated, Inflicted, Brought, substantiated, Influenced, earned, Translated, fed, Caused, Captured, Been, Commenced, Followed, left, led, Entailed, Detonated, Greeted, wrought, thrown, justified, unleashed, Benefited, Undergone, Engineered, entrained, Manifested, connected, Bred, established, Achieved, Introduced, Resulted, reasoned, highlighted, Spawned, lowered, swept, drawn, Boosted, Endured, Pushed, Obtained, voiced, owed, engaged, Instituted, Learnt, impacted, combined, conducted, Sucked, dictated, formed, raised, Appealed, effected, Yielded, fuelled, Afforded, kindled, Fathered, Encountered, related, fueled, associated, uplifted, Viewed, Swayed, rooted, Dragged, Abetted, Commanded, driven, Shown, Occasioned, bound, Exacted, started, experienced, Reached, rushed, Plunged, lifted, Coached, Gained, tied, Tripped, featured, pulled, Challenged, witnessed, placed, Grounded, Waged, traced, cast, linked, touched, seen, contacted, Launched, Fought, trained, Meant, founded, Met, Claimed, done, Gotten, called.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    Incited.

Antonyms for Provoked:

• adj.

  • exasperated
    unprovoked.
  • Other antonyms:
    unangry.

Provoked Sentence Examples:

• Richelieu thought that the dispute with England had been provoked by his enemies in order to break up the friendly relations which he had established.

• Suppose I provoked him enough to fire his pistol at me.