Unscramble provoke

Definition of provoke

verb:

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity", "raise a smile", "evoke sympathy". Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, raise.
• evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple". Synonyms: call forth, evoke, kick up.
• provide the needed stimulus for. Synonyms: stimulate.
• annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked", "This man harasses his female co-workers". Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague.

Related words

agitate, anger, bedevil, bruise, crucify, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, dun, entice, excite, foment, frustrate, goad, haze, heat, hurt, ignite, incite, infatuate, inflame, injure, instigate, interest, invite, jog, lure, needle, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, pick, prick, rag, rejuvenate, rekindle, shake, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, tempt, torment, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound.

Words nearby

provoked, provoker.

Rhymes with

baroque, bespoke, bloke, broke, choke, cloak, coke, convoke, croak, evoke, evoke, folk, invoke, joke, koch, moke, oak, poke, polk, revoke.