Provoking — synonyms, definition

1. provoking (a)

affecting appetizing attractive disturbing emotional enticing gnawing infuriating inspiring intriguing inviting irksome maddening moving nagging pesky poignant seductive stirring tempting • • •

2. provoking (Adjective)

agitating agitative

provoking (Adjective) — Causing or tending to cause anger or resentment. ex. "a provoking delay at the airport"

3. provoking (Verb)

arousing besetting calling forth chevvying chevying chivvying eliciting enkindling evoking firing harassing harrying hassling kicking up kindling molesting plaguing raising stimulating

provoking (Verb) — Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses). ex. "provoke pity"

provoking (Verb) — Make appear or occur. ex. "Her behaviour provoked a quarrel between the couple"

provoking (Verb) — Provide the needed stimulus for.

provoking (Verb) — Annoy continually or chronically. ex. "This man provokes his female co-workers"

annoying bothering causing chafing challenging creating deviling doing engendering getting at getting to graveling irritating making narking nettling pissing off ragging riling vexing Jogging agitating angering asking for bedeviling bruising crucifying discomfiting discomposing disconcerting drawing dunning enticing exciting firing up fomenting frustrating goading hazing heating • • •