Unscramble provoked

Definition of provoked

adjective:

• incited, especially deliberately, to anger; "aggravated by passive resistance", "the provoked animal attacked the child". Synonyms: aggravated.

verb:

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity", "raise a smile", "evoke sympathy". Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.
• evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple". Synonyms: call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke.
• provide the needed stimulus for. Synonyms: provoke, 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, provoke.

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

provoke, provoker.

Rhymes with

choked, cloaked, evoked, evoked, smoked, soaked, unprovoked.