It would provoke a saint.
Source: tatoeba (42909)
Provoke
//pɹəˈvoʊk//
Synonyms for "provoke" (426 found)
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Closest matches (86)
Strong matches (127)
daredeependeterioratedevildisaffectdiscomposedispleasedistemperdistressdisturbdisunitedividedogdraw downdraw ondrivedrive up the walleffectegg onelectrify
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elicitembitterencourageengenderenhanceenlargeenlivenenrageenthuseenvenomestrangeevinceevokeexacerbateexaltexasperateexciteexcite interestexerciseexhilaratefanfan the flamefascinatefashfeed the firefermentfillipfireflurryfomentforcefretfrustratefuelgallgalvanizegenerategetget upgoadgrategrate ongravelgripegritharryhatchheatheat uphecklehectorheightenhot uphoundhuffimpassionimpel
Verb(50 words)
devildisgruntledrawdriveeggegg onelicitembitterencourageengenderenkindleenvenomexasperateexcitefirefomentfrustrategallgetget a rise out of
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get on someone's nervesget on someone's titsget on someone's wickget one's back upget someone's back upget someone's dander upget someone's goatget someone's irish upget someone's nannyget someone's nanny-goatget toget under one's goatget under someone's goatget under someone's skinget upgin upgive someone the shitsgoadgoosegramegrategrillgrind one's gearsgrotchhack offharryharsh one's mellowhonk offidioms:ignite
Related words (213)
Verb(79 words)
impelincenseinciteinduceinfuriateinstigateinvokeirkirritatejazzkick upkindlelashlight a fire undermaddenmake angrymake someone see redmake someone's blood boilmommickmotivate
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motivemovenarknervenettleobligateobligeoffendoutragepee offpeevepersecutepiquepiss offplaguepromotepromptpushput output someone's back upraiseraise someone's hacklesraise someone's shagranklerattle someone's cagerilerile uproilrouserub someone the wrong wayrub the wrong wayrub up the wrong wayruffleruffle some feathersruffle someone's featherssendset up someone's birsespark offspurspur onsteamstirstir upstokestormtee offtempttest someone's patiencetick offtorque offtosstroubletry one's patienceurgevexwhetwhip upwind upwring
impressincenseinciteincreaseincurinduceinflameinforminfuriateinfuse life intoinspireinstigateinsultintensifyinterestinvigorateinviteinvolveinvolve inirk
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irritatejazz upkindleleadlight the fuselipmaddenmagnifymakemake acutemake troublemake worsemiffmolestmotivatemovemuster upnagneedlenettlenudzhobtainoccasionoffendoutragepeevepersecuteperturbpesterpickpick onpick uppiquepit againstplaguepluck the beardpokepotherprecipitatepressprimeprocureprodproducepromotepromptpushput output up toquickenraiserallyranklerasprenewresuscitatereviveriderileriseroilrouserubrufflesasssauceseparatesetset againstset at oddsset at varianceset onset on edgeset upsharpensic onsoursow dissensionsparkspitespur onstartstimulatestirstir the bloodstir the embersstir upstir up troublesummon upsuperinducetalk backtantalizetauntteasethrilltickletitillatetitivatetormenttouchtransporttroubletry the patiencetweak the noseupsetvexvitalizewakewakenwhetwhip upwork upworryworsen
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3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
12 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
11 entriesTranslations
90 translations across 35 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐρεθίζω verb (to cause to become angry)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتَفَزَّ verb (to cause to become angry)
Bulgarian
2 entries- предизвиквам verb (to bring about a reaction)
- провокирам verb (to cause to become angry)
Catalan
1 entries- provocar verb (to cause to become angry)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 刺激 verb (to cause to become angry)
- 扇動 /扇动 verb (to cause to become angry)
- 挑釁 /挑衅 verb (to cause to become angry)
- 激怒 verb (to cause to become angry)
Czech
1 entries- dráždit verb (to cause to become angry)
Danish
1 entries- provokere verb (to cause to become angry)
Dutch
1 entries- uitlokken verb (to cause to become angry)
Esperanto
1 entries- provoki verb (to cause to become angry)
Finnish
3 entries- provosoida verb (to cause to become angry)
- provosoida verb (to bring about a reaction)
- suututtaa verb (to cause to become angry)
French
1 entries- provoquer verb (to cause to become angry)
Georgian
1 entries- პროვოცირებას verb (to cause to become angry)
German
4 entries- anerschaffen verb (to bring about a reaction)
- anerzeugen verb (to bring about a reaction)
- aufhetzen verb (to cause to become angry)
- aufpeitschen verb (to cause to become angry)
Greek
2 entries- εξάπτω verb (to cause to become angry)
- εξοργίζω verb (to cause to become angry)
Hindi
4 entries- उकसाना verb (to cause to become angry)
- उकसाना verb (to bring about a reaction)
- भड़काना verb (to cause to become angry)
- भड़काना verb (to bring about a reaction)
Hungarian
1 entries- provokál verb (to cause to become angry)
Icelandic
2 entries- ergja verb (to cause to become angry)
- skaprauna verb (to cause to become angry)
Italian
2 entries- generare verb (to bring about a reaction)
- provocare verb (to cause to become angry)
Japanese
3 entries- 怒らせる verb (to cause to become angry)
- 憤慨させる verb (to cause to become angry)
- 立腹させる verb (to cause to become angry)
Khmer
1 entries- បង្ក verb (to cause to become angry)
Latin
2 entries- lacessō verb (to cause to become angry)
- prōvocō verb (to cause to become angry)
Latvian
2 entries- provocēt verb (to cause to become angry)
- provocēt verb (to bring about a reaction)
Middle English
1 entries- forthcallen verb (to cause to become angry)
Māori
4 entries- kōtara verb (to cause to become angry)
- makitohene verb (to cause to become angry)
- makitohene verb (to bring about a reaction)
- mukākā verb (to cause to become angry)
Norwegian
1 entries- provosere verb (to cause to become angry)
Persian
1 entries- افژولیدن verb (to cause to become angry)
Polish
4 entries- drażnić verb (to cause to become angry)
- podjudzać verb (to cause to become angry)
- prowokować verb (to cause to become angry)
- sprowokować verb (to cause to become angry)
Portuguese
3 entries- irritar verb (to cause to become angry)
- provocar verb (to cause to become angry)
- provocar verb (to bring about a reaction)
Russian
4 entries- провоци́ровать verb (to cause to become angry)
- рассерди́ть verb (to cause to become angry)
- серди́ть verb (to cause to become angry)
- спровоци́ровать verb (to cause to become angry)
Spanish
2 entries- provocar verb (to cause to become angry)
- provocar verb (to bring about a reaction)
Swedish
1 entries- provocera verb (to cause to become angry)
Tagalog
1 entries- mang-udyok verb (to cause to become angry)
Tuvaluan
1 entries- fakaoso verb (to cause to become angry)
Ukrainian
4 entries- провокува́ти verb (to cause to become angry)
- провокува́ти verb (to bring about a reaction)
- спровокува́ти verb (to cause to become angry)
- спровокува́ти verb (to bring about a reaction)
Urdu
3 entries- مشتعل verb (to cause to become angry)
- مشتعل verb (to bring about a reaction)
- مشتعل کرنا verb (to bring about a reaction)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The cat will scratch you if you provoke it.
Source: tatoeba (50061)
A facet of genius is the ability to provoke scandals.
Source: tatoeba (390059)
Only the assumption that the reader - I better say: the prospective reader, because for the moment there is not the slightest prospect, that my writing could see the lights of publicity, - unless it miraculously left our endangered fortress Europe and brought a hint of the secrets of our loneliness to those outside; - I beg to be allowed to begin anew: only because I anticipate the wish to be told casually about the who and what of the writer, I send some few notes on my own individuum out before these openings, - of course not without the awareness that exactly by doing so I might provoke doubts in the reader, that he is in the right hands, which is to say: if I, from all my being, am the right man for a task to which maybe the heart pulls me more than any qualifying relation in character.
Source: tatoeba (767302)
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