provoking

Speech parts

1. provoking - Noun

2. provoking - Adjective

3. provoking - Verb

5. provoking - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Provoke

Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.

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Examples

a provoking delay at the airport Source: Internet

Advocates of Laurier's plan argued that north–south trade made more economic sense than trying to trade across the vast, empty prairies, using a CPR which was already provoking resentment for what were seen as high freight rates. Source: Internet

According to Carr, Kammerer's homosexual obsession turned aggressive, finally provoking Carr to stab him to death. Source: Internet

A provoking lament about feeling stuck in one place while yearning to see and do more, “One Horse Town” fuses country and blues to put a unique spin on the typical country song praising small-town life. Source: Internet

As it was first identified, the "Silurian" series when traced farther afield quickly came to overlap Sedgwick's "Cambrian" sequence, however, provoking furious disagreements that ended the friendship. Source: Internet

At the hearing, Mr Depp’s team argued that Ms Heard was bully, provoking arguments, and tossing a vodka bottle, cracking his fingertip, in one case in Australia. Source: Internet

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