Synonyms for Provoking

Synonyms for "provoking" (166 found)

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Closest matches (34)

aggravating agitating alluring annoyance annoying ardent bitter bothering bothersome breathtaking burning challenging chargedcliff hangingcliff-hanging crisp disquieting distracting disturbing electric

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electrical emphatic encouraging energizing

Adjective(3 words)

agitating agitativechallenging behaviors

Noun(7 words)

annoy annoying arouse catalyst causing elicit eliciting

Strong matches (49)

Noun(14 words)

engaging flustering fomenting goad goading incite incitement inciting inducing inflammatory interesting intriguing irk irritating

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importunate importune impressive inflammatory interesting intoxicating inviting irking irksome irritating jarring jolting

Adjective(2 words)

incitive irritative

Verb(1 words)

instigating

Related words (83)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

9 entries

action adjective behavior cause descriptor factor irritate modifier stimulus

More specific

17 entries

agitation angerarousing curiositycuriosity debateengaging discussionincitement instigator insult insulting interest irritation protest rebellion tactless trigger

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Collocations

10 entries

provoking angerprovoking curiosityprovoking debateprovoking discussionprovoking incidentprovoking interestprovoking questionprovoking questionsprovoking remarkprovoking thought

Inflections

5 entries

more provokingmost provokingprovoked provokes provokings

Derivations

5 entries

provocation provocative provoke provoker provokingly

similar

1 entries

provocative

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I cannot tell my opinion without provoking him.

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He deliberately kept on provoking a confrontation.

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The boy, upon seeing a butterfly, proceeded to run after it, provoking the anger of his mother, who had ordered him to stay quiet while she gossiped with the lady next door.

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You need to stop provoking fights with Tom.

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