VERB | emotion | provoke, arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
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creation | provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up | evoke or provoke to appear or occur | |
communication | provoke, stimulate | provide the needed stimulus for | |
emotion | provoke, harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest | annoy continually or chronically |
Sounds | prahvow'k | |
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Rhymes | artichoke ... yolk: 36 rhymes with owk... |
Meaning | Evoke or provoke to appear or occur. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Example | "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" | |
Synonyms | evoke, call forth, kick up | |
Narrower | pick | Provoke |
Broader | cause, do, make | give rise to |
Similar to | raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth | Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic |
Spanish | armar jaleo, causar, evocar, inspirar, ocasionar, provocar | |
Catalan | causar, provocar | |
Nouns | provocation | something that incites or provokes |
Meaning | Provide the needed stimulus for. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They provoke him to write the letter | |
Synonym | stimulate | |
Narrower | agitate, foment, stir up | try to stir up public opinion |
entice, lure, tempt | Provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion | |
incite, instigate, set off, stir up | Provoke or stir ... / stir up | |
jog | stimulate to remember | |
rejuvenate | Cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land | |
Broader | challenge | issue a challenge to |
Spanish | estimular, incentivar, provocar | |
Catalan | estimular, incentivar, provocar | |
Adjectives | provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
Nouns | provocation | needed encouragement |
provocation | something that incites or provokes |
Meaning | annoy continually or chronically. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The performance is likely to provoke Sue | |
Synonyms | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest | |
Narrower | haze | harass by imposing / imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions |
needle, goad | goad or provoke,as by constant criticism | |
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate | treat cruelly | |
Broader | annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil | Cause annoyance in |
Spanish | acosar sexualmente, acosar, aperrear, asediar, atosigar, causar, fastidiar, hostigar, molestar repetidamente, molestar, perseguir, plagar, provocar | |
Catalan | atabuixar, causar, empaitar, fatigar, molestar | |
Adjectives | provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
Nouns | provocation | unfriendly behavior that causes anger / anger or resentment |
provoker | someone who deliberately foments trouble |
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