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Words and phrases that have a meaning related to provoking:   (159 results)

Often used in the same context:
triggering, sparking, inciting, fomenting, arousing, inflaming, instigating, stoking, causing, igniting, heightening, engendering, eliciting, precipitating, provocation, stirred, quelling, inducing, suppressing, fueling, spurring, prompting, destabilizing, exacerbating, avoiding, defusing, goading, riling, emboldening, harming, evoking, provocative, scaring, erupting, subjecting, disrupting, frighten, alienating, amplifying, inflicting, reacting, creating, placating, sabotaging, overreacting, undermining, interrupting, undercutting, fearing, ensue, engaging, exposing, angering, calumnious, enkindle, risking, appeasing, escalating, roused, pacifies, spoiling, allaying, assuaging, diffusing, ruining, aggravate, squelching, squashing, fanning, perpetuating, derailing, misdirecting, averting, blunting, sidestepping, retaliating, resorting, spooking, wreaking, resisting, indulging, cowing, demagogical, voicing, disorganizing, besieges, dragooning, vehement, outbursts, diverting, occasioning, tempering, incitation, distracting, maligning, expressing, repressing, damaging, scandalizing, quieting, disuniting, traducing, pleasing, annoying, fond, hard, convincing, grand, heavy, inconsistent, queer, sensible, witty, anyone, arbitrary, avail, civil, contrary, dear, deserving, distinguishing, aggravating, stimulating, inconsequential, innocuous, puzzling, confusing, enlightening, irrelevant, such, unsettling, disturbing, insightful, interesting, irritating, stressful, unpleasant, baffling

Appears in the definition of:
amusing, atrocious, comic, comical, frightful, funny, horrible, horrifying, implausibility, implausibleness, laughable, mirthful, ribbing, risible, tease, teasing, thought-provoking, ugly

Synonyms:
agitating, agitative, provocative

Also try:
— Nouns for provoking: situations, questions, situation, stimuli, book, factors, stimulus, way, manner, discussion, smile, more...

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