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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to provoke:   (220 results)

Often used in the same context:
incite, instigate, arouse, inflame, foment, elicit, engender, ignite, frighten, stoke, evoke, enrage, spark, heighten, forestall, unsettle, polarize, rile, precipitate, trigger, destabilize, prompt, aggravate, quell, offend, ensue, induce, distract, reignite, rouse, stir, galvanize, infuriate, stifle, exacerbate, erupt, goad, suppress, unnerve, escalate, undermine, spur, dampen, preempt, embarrass, irritate, defuse, excite, embroil, inflict, inspire, terrify, cause, alienate, backfire, intensify, demoralize, avert, paralyze, titillate, startle, antagonize, disturb, deter, embitter, unleash, intimidate, restrain, embolden, belittle, presage, allay, derail, discourage, foreshadow, complicate, tamp down, marginalize, dissuade, squelch, diffuse, catalyze, displease, repulse, disrupt, rekindle, deepen, mollify, enkindle, nauseate, retaliate, generate, amuse, assuage, overshadow, deflect, reawaken, annoy, appal, evince, tempt, discomfit, bohemian, fraught, guessing, ink, norse, ...., accommodation, advanced, advertisement, advertising, aeneas, ane, answering, anybody, anything, archer, arithmetic, asking, assurance, attacking

More specific:
agitate, ask for, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, entice, excite, fire up, foment, goad, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, jog, lure, needle, nettle, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, pick, rekindle, representation, shame, spite, stir up, sweep over, tempt, untune, upset, whelm, wound

Appears in the definition of:
antagonise, antagonize, dislikable, entice, gag, goad, incite, instigate, jape, jest, joke, laugh, lure, needle, pick, provocative, set off, spook, stir up, tempt, work

More general:
annoy, bother, cause, challenge, create, devil, do, get at, get to, gravel, irritate, make, nark, nettle, rag, rile, vex

Synonyms:
arouse, beset, call forth, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, harass, harry, hassle, kick up, kindle, molest, plague, raise, stimulate

Also try:
— Adjectives for provoke: good, bad, bold, first, less

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