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Detailed Synonyms for provoke in English

provoke:

to provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)

  1. to provoke
    to provoke; to give rise to; to badger; to needle; to bait
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • give rise to verbe (gives rise to, gave rise to, giving rise to)
    • badger verbe (badgers, badgered, badgering)
    • needle verbe (needles, needled, needling)
    • bait verbe (baits, baited, baiting)
  2. to provoke
    to tease; to bully; to antagonize; to pester; to harass; to provoke; to antagonise
    • tease verbe (teases, teased, teasing)
    • bully verbe (bullies, bullied, bullying)
    • antagonize verbe, américain (antagonizes, antagonized, antagonizing)
    • pester verbe (pesters, pestered, pestering)
    • harass verbe (harasses, harassed, harassing)
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • antagonise verbe, britannique
  3. to provoke
    to provoke; to urge; to arouse; to stimulate; put someone on to something
  4. to provoke
    to provoke; to tease
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • tease verbe (teases, teased, teasing)
  5. to provoke
    engender; to cause; to give rise to; to provoke; to produce; to create
    • engender verbe
    • cause verbe (causes, caused, causing)
    • give rise to verbe (gives rise to, gave rise to, giving rise to)
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • produce verbe (produces, produced, producing)
    • create verbe (creates, created, creating)
  6. to provoke
    – provide the needed stimulus for 1
    to provoke; to stimulate
    – provide the needed stimulus for 1
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • stimulate verbe (stimulates, stimulated, stimulating)
  7. to provoke
    – evoke or provoke to appear or occur 1
    to provoke; to evoke; call forth; kick up
    – evoke or provoke to appear or occur 1
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
      • Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple1
    • evoke verbe (evokes, evoked, evoking)
    • call forth verbe
    • kick up verbe
  8. to provoke
    – call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 1
    to raise; to elicit; to provoke; to arouse; to fire; to kindle; to evoke; enkindle
    – call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) 1
    • raise verbe (raises, raised, raising)
      • raise a smile1
    • elicit verbe (elicits, elicited, eliciting)
    • provoke verbe (provokes, provoked, provoking)
    • arouse verbe (arouses, aroused, arousing)
      • arouse pity1
    • fire verbe (fires, fired, firing)
    • kindle verbe (kindles, kindled, kindling)
    • evoke verbe (evokes, evoked, evoking)
      • evoke sympathy1
    • enkindle verbe

Conjugations for provoke:

present
  1. provoke
  2. provoke
  3. provokes
  4. provoke
  5. provoke
  6. provoke
simple past
  1. provoked
  2. provoked
  3. provoked
  4. provoked
  5. provoked
  6. provoked
present perfect
  1. have provoked
  2. have provoked
  3. has provoked
  4. have provoked
  5. have provoked
  6. have provoked
past continuous
  1. was provoking
  2. were provoking
  3. was provoking
  4. were provoking
  5. were provoking
  6. were provoking
future
  1. shall provoke
  2. will provoke
  3. will provoke
  4. shall provoke
  5. will provoke
  6. will provoke
continuous present
  1. am provoking
  2. are provoking
  3. is provoking
  4. are provoking
  5. are provoking
  6. are provoking
subjunctive
  1. be provoked
  2. be provoked
  3. be provoked
  4. be provoked
  5. be provoked
  6. be provoked
diverse
  1. provoke!
  2. let's provoke!
  3. provoked
  4. provoking
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "provoke":

  1. provide the needed stimulus for1
  2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur1
    • Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple1
  3. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)1