What is another word for provoking?
506 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pɹəvˈə͡ʊkɪŋ], [ pɹəvˈəʊkɪŋ], [ p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈəʊ_k_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for provoking:- aggravating (adjective)
- bitter (adjective)
- crisp (adjective)
- disturbing (adjective)
- engrossing (adjective)
- galling (adjective)
- irritating (adjective)
- maddening (adjective)
- moving (adjective)
- perturbing (adjective)
- pesky (adjective)
- sexy (adjective)
- stirring (adjective)
- teasing (adjective)
- tempting (adjective)
- unsettling (adjective)
- upsetting (adjective)
- vexing (adjective)
- agitating (noun)
- agitative (noun)
- harassment (noun)
- persecution (noun)
- provocation (noun)
- ribbing (noun)
- umbrage (noun)
- causing (verb)
- displeasing (verb)
- motivating (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Provoking:
adj.
•aggravating (adjective) •bitter (adjective)- un-palatable,
- dis agreeable,
- in tenser,
- un-pleasant,
- dis tasteful,
- in-temperate,
- in-tenser,
- in-tensest,
- in-tense,
- in-clement,
- in clement,
- dis-pleasing,
- un palatable,
- in tense,
- in temperate,
- dis pleasing,
- dis-agreeable,
- dis-tasteful,
- un pleasant.
- dis-comforting,
- de pressing,
- dis composing,
- dis concerting,
- most foreboding,
- embarrassing,
- de-pressing,
- more agitating,
- most discomposing,
- fore-boding,
- fore boding,
- dis-maying,
- more foreboding,
- more dismaying,
- more disconcerting,
- most agitating,
- more discomforting,
- in-convenient,
- more discomposing,
- most dismaying,
- impeding,
- dis-composing,
- dis-concerting,
- most discomforting,
- dis comforting,
- most disconcerting,
- dis maying,
- most discommoding,
- more discommoding,
- in convenient,
- most impeding,
- more impeding.
- more all consuming,
- all consuming,
- pre occupying,
- most all consuming,
- obsessing,
- more allconsuming,
- ex-citing,
- more captivating,
- more monopolizing,
- most all-consuming,
- more preoccupying,
- most obsessing,
- allconsuming,
- most preoccupying,
- pre-occupying,
- more obsessing,
- more all-consuming,
- most allconsuming,
- ex citing,
- most monopolizing,
- most captivating.
n.
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- pain,
- troublesome.
- be-devilment,
- irkings,
- vexings,
- bedevilments,
- be devilment,
- provokings,
- be devilments,
- be-devilments.
- ill-treatments,
- mis-treatments,
- mis treatment,
- ill treatment,
- mis-treatment,
- mis treatments,
- teasings,
- gallings,
- illtreatment,
- illtreatments.
v.
•causing (verb)- inducing,
- engineering,
- causing,
- acting,
- making,
- Evoking,
- inspiring,
- Engendering,
- bringing about,
- Enforcing,
- Originating,
- driving,
- Forcing,
- giving rise to,
- Eliciting,
- Generating,
- executing,
- Producing,
- Effecting,
- motivating.
- Riling,
- offending,
- repelling,
- jarring,
- Scandalizing,
- disgusting,
- Angering,
- displeasing,
- Bothering,
- Aggrieving,
- annoying,
- shocking,
- disappointing,
- grating,
- irritating.
- impelling,
- Nudging,
- slinging,
- jostling,
- catapulting,
- jolting,
- stimulating,
- pushing,
- hurtling,
- energizing,
- poking,
- thrusting,
- hurling,
- Instigating,
- Bumping,
- fermenting,
- goading,
- Magnetizing,
- jerking,
- prodding,
- urging,
- knocking,
- enticing,
- heaving,
- prompting,
- Lobbing,
- triggering,
- Throwing,
- Ramming,
- jogging,
- Fomenting,
- Shoving,
- firing,
- pitching,
- striking,
- encouraging,
- launching,
- shooting,
- Punching,
- hastening,
- propelling,
- Flinging.
Other synonyms:
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- nettlesome,
- teasing.
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- Irksome,
- plaguy,
- galling,
- bothersome.
- exhilarating,
- annoy,
- instigate,
- aggravating,
- chafing,
- intoxicating,
- harry,
- erecting,
- worrisome,
- awakening,
- suspenseful,
- cleaning,
- charged,
- cliff-hanging,
- kindle,
- electrical,
- wearisome,
- irking,
- ardent,
- Suggesting,
- disconcert,
- Culling,
- Dismissing,
- shadow,
- challenging,
- alluring,
- impassioned,
- wrath,
- exacerbate,
- goad,
- badgering,
- curse,
- sexing,
- stinging,
- sacking,
- heckling,
- get,
- Plucking,
- rich,
- rallying,
- overmastering,
- Influencing,
- mischievously,
- shade,
- unaccommodating,
- spicy,
- tantalizing,
- anger,
- resentment,
- Distracting,
- antagonizing,
- inflame,
- emotional,
- enrage,
- irritant,
- importunate,
- racy,
- hassle,
- give rise to,
- Nibbling,
- agony,
- energising,
- warm,
- confuse,
- stimulation,
- pestilential,
- Egging,
- lively,
- infuriate,
- exasperatingly,
- stimulate,
- Abetting,
- exasperation,
- Pecking,
- Enhancing,
- farming,
- infuriatingly,
- pestiferous,
- gratingly,
- irritate,
- irritatingly,
- make,
- create,
- elicit,
- interesting,
- enthusiastic,
- tiresome,
- inconveniently,
- Overcoming,
- Vexatiously,
- burn,
- peevishly,
- enhance,
- spurring,
- displeasure,
- vex,
- Outraging,
- telling,
- footing,
- Lifting,
- galvanic,
- soul-stirring,
- alienating,
- Hounding,
- resurrecting,
- picking,
- Levying,
- daring,
- rearing,
- teasingly,
- wakening,
- Chivying,
- encrusting,
- tickling,
- increasing,
- tediously,
- Incensement,
- disturb,
- bugging,
- agitate,
- bring about,
- pestilent,
- taunting,
- Educing,
- inviting,
- Importune,
- thought-provoking,
- testingly,
- aggravation,
- titillating,
- suspensive,
- Nettling,
- Invoking,
- conjuring,
- exasperate,
- juicy,
- readable,
- thrilling,
- heady,
- invite,
- rousing,
- awkward,
- heating,
- exciting,
- whipping,
- boringly,
- ravishing,
- raising,
- Exhorting,
- Enraging,
- construct,
- Igniting,
- rouse,
- fervent,
- burning,
- rile,
- insulting,
- heightening,
- pestering,
- torment,
- offend,
- humorously,
- Arousing,
- Enkindling,
- Inciting,
- instigative,
- overwhelming,
- defy,
- worrying,
- incensing,
- offense,
- Harrying,
- passionate,
- pricking,
- frustratingly,
- uneasily,
- touching,
- glowing,
- aggravatingly,
- Occasioning,
- heart-stirring,
- Extracting,
- disquieting,
- Promoting,
- galvanizing,
- parenting,
- pique,
- breathtaking,
- animating,
- foment,
- emphatic,
- electric,
- excite,
- offence,
- advancing,
- baiting,
- nuisance,
- Oppressing,
- impressive,
- annoyingly,
- worryingly,
- vexation,
- provoke,
- urgent,
- aggravate,
- exasperating,
- upgrading,
- piquant,
- leavening,
- Blighting,
- lightheartedly,
- harshly,
- plague,
- hassling,
- poignant,
- ravaging,
- maddeningly,
- plunking,
- fueling,
- kindling,
- provokingly,
- actuating,
- Nurturing,
- Elevating,
- exacerbation,
- Persecuting,
- intensify,
- needling,
- beleaguering,
- stimulant,
- tauntingly,
- tormenting,
- Blaming,
- Piecing,
- gallingly,
- exacerbating,
- stir up,
- invidious,
- harass,
- overpowering,
- plaguesome,
- Defying,
- irritation,
- inflaming,
- inflammatory,
- succulent,
- affecting,
- rushing,
- edgy,
- Piquing,
- plaguey,
- bother,
- Affronting,
- annoyance,
- tiresomely,
- Whetting,
- incitement,
- arouse,
- infuriating,
- bracing,
- mortifying,
- Molesting,
- vexing,
- educe,
- pest,
- fiery,
- Discharging,
- beaking,
- mind-blowing,
- Terminating,
- Ruffling,
- vehement.
Paraphrases for Provoking:
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Arousing.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Adjective
provocative, exciting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Evoking, precipitating, prompting, Procuring, sparking, Engendering, Producing, Instigated, Instigating, Generating, motivating, erupting, Fomenting, Eliciting, stirring, leveraging, stoking, Igniting, inflaming, fostering, irritating, inducing, spurring, contributing, Delivering, Originating, galvanizing, upsetting, Attracting, forging, Initiating, incurring, Creating, urging, Inflicting, bringing, Nurturing, Arising, Cultivating, Sowing, causing, instilling, killing, Capturing, leaving, Entailing, unleashing, Forcing, resulting, Spawning, Soliciting, transplanting, drawing, Boosting, catalyzing, burning, raising, teasing, beginning, yielding, effects, Effecting, fueling, fuelling, Exhibiting, giving, dragging, releasing, Egging, Abetting, driving, Implanting, starting, putting, laying, setting, Fanning, ringing, Placing, Having, casting, planting, making, Claiming, lighting, Doing, exciting.
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Other Related
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Adjective
incite.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Inciting, triggering, Wreaking, leading.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Provoking:
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adj.
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Other antonyms:
unprovocative, noninflammatory, unprovoking.
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