It would provoke a saint.
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Provoke
/pɹəˈvoʊk/
Synonyms for "provoke" (414 found)
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Closest matches (83)
Verb(21 words)
arouseevokestimulateaggravatedaggravatesagitatesangeredangeringangersantagoniseantagonizedantagonizesarouse angerarousesarousingbaitedbesetcall forthchevvychevy
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Noun(15 words)
affraysanger fitanger someoneanger triggerantagonizingbacklashbacklashesbait and lurebaitingbaitsbrawlcatacalacauseschallengeschallenging behavior
Adjective(1 words)
Strong matches (124)
Verb(22 words)
Adjective(2 words)
civil conflictexasperated
come betweencompelconcerncontrivedaredeependeterioratedevildisaffectdiscomposedispleasedistemperdistressdisturbdisunitedividedogdraw downdraw ondrive
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drive up the walleffectegg onelectrifyelicitembitterencourageengenderenhanceenlargeenlivenenrageenthuseenvenomestrangeevinceevokeexacerbateexaltexasperateexciteexcite interestexerciseexhilaratefanfan the flamefascinatefashfeed the firefermentfillipfireflurryfomentforcefretfrustratefuelgallgalvanizegenerategetget upgoadgrategrate ongravelgripegritharassharryhatchheatheat uphecklehectorheightenhot uphoundhuffimpassionimpel
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impressincenseinciteincreaseincurinduceinflameinforminfuriateinfuse life intoinspireinstigateinsultintensifyinterestinvigorateinviteinvolveinvolve inirk
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irritatejazz upkindleleadlight the fuselipmaddenmagnifymakemake acutemake troublemake worsemiffmolestmotivatemovemuster upnagneedlenettlenudzhobtainoccasionoffendoutragepeevepersecuteperturbpesterpickpick onpick uppiquepit againstplaguepluck the beardpokepotherprecipitatepressprimeprocureprodproducepromotepromptpushput output up toquickenraiserallyranklerasprenewresuscitatereviveriderileriseroilrouserubrub the wrong wayrufflesasssauceseparatesetset againstset at oddsset at varianceset onset on edgeset upsharpensic onsoursow dissensionsparkspitespur onstartstimulatestirstir the bloodstir the embersstir upstir up troublesummon upsuperinducetalk backtantalizetauntteasetemptthrilltickletitillatetitivatetormenttouchtransporttroubletry the patiencetweak the noseupseturgevexvitalizewakewakenwhetwhip upwork upworryworsen
Verb(37 words)
inciteincitedincitesincurinduceinduce tearsinductsinflamesinspireinstigate reforminstigatedinstigatesinstigatingkick upkindlemolestpiquedpiquesplaguepolarising
Noun(29 words)
Adjective(4 words)
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7 entriesCollocations
6 entriesprovoke a reactionprovoke angerprovoke controversyprovoke criticismprovoke debateprovoke thought
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11 entriesSample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The cat will scratch you if you provoke it.
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A facet of genius is the ability to provoke scandals.
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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.
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