provoke 音标拼音: [prəv'ok]
v . 挑衅,激怒,招惹,引起
挑舋,激怒,招惹,引起
provoke v 1 :
call forth (
emotions ,
feelings ,
and responses ); "
arouse pity "; "
raise a smile "; "
evoke sympathy " [
synonym : {
arouse },
{
elicit }, {
enkindle }, {
kindle }, {
evoke }, {
fire }, {
raise },
{
provoke }]
2 :
evoke or provoke to appear or occur ; "
Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple " [
synonym : {
provoke }, {
evoke }, {
call forth }, {
kick up }]
3 :
provide the needed stimulus for [
synonym : {
provoke }, {
stimulate }]
4 :
annoy continually or chronically ; "
He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked "; "
This man harasses his female co -
workers " [
synonym : {
harass }, {
hassle }, {
harry }, {
chivy },
{
chivvy }, {
chevy }, {
chevvy }, {
beset }, {
plague }, {
molest },
{
provoke }]
Provoke \
Pro *
voke "\,
v .
i .
1 .
To cause provocation or anger .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To appeal .
Note : [
A Latinism ] [
Obs .] --
Dryden .
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1913 Webster ]
Provoke \
Pro *
voke "\,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Provoked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Provoking }.] [
F .
provoquer ,
L .
provocare to call forth ;
pro forth vocare to call ,
fr .
vox ,
vocis ,
voice ,
cry ,
call .
See {
Voice }.]
To call forth ;
to call into being or action ;
esp .,
to incense to action ,
a faculty or passion ,
as love ,
hate ,
or ambition ;
hence ,
commonly ,
to incite ,
as a person ,
to action by a challenge ,
by taunts ,
or by defiance ;
to exasperate ;
to irritate ;
to offend intolerably ;
to cause to retaliate .
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1913 Webster ]
Obey his voice ,
provoke him not . --
Ex .
xxiii .
21 .
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Ye fathers ,
provoke not your children to wrath . --
Eph .
vi .
4 .
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Such acts Of contumacy will provoke the Highest To make death in us live . --
Milton .
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Can honor '
s voice provoke the silent dust ? --
Gray .
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To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it ,
what it provokes in his own soul . --
J .
Burroughs .
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Syn :
To irritate ;
arouse ;
stir up ;
awake ;
excite ;
incite ;
anger .
See {
Irritate }.
[
1913 Webster ]
235 Moby Thesaurus words for "
provoke ":
abet ,
abrade ,
activate ,
affect the interest ,
affront ,
agent provocateur ,
aggravate ,
agitate ,
alienate ,
amplify ,
anger ,
animate ,
annoy ,
answer back ,
antagonize ,
arouse ,
attract ,
augment ,
awaken ,
badger ,
bait ,
be at ,
bedevil ,
beset ,
bestir ,
blow the coals ,
bother ,
breed ,
bring ,
bring about ,
bring on ,
bristle ,
brown off ,
bug ,
build up ,
bullyrag ,
burn up ,
call forth ,
call up ,
cause ,
chafe ,
challenge ,
chivy ,
come between ,
compel ,
concern ,
contrive ,
deepen ,
deteriorate ,
devil ,
disaffect ,
discompose ,
distemper ,
distress ,
disturb ,
disunite ,
divide ,
dog ,
draw down ,
draw on ,
drive ,
effect ,
egg on ,
electrify ,
elicit ,
embitter ,
encourage ,
engender ,
enhance ,
enlarge ,
enliven ,
enrage ,
enthuse ,
envenom ,
estrange ,
evoke ,
exacerbate ,
exalt ,
exasperate ,
excite ,
excite interest ,
exercise ,
exhilarate ,
fan ,
fan the flame ,
fascinate ,
fash ,
feed the fire ,
ferment ,
fillip ,
fire ,
foment ,
force ,
fret ,
frustrate ,
gall ,
galvanize ,
get ,
get up ,
goad ,
grate ,
grate on ,
gravel ,
gripe ,
grit ,
harass ,
harry ,
hatch ,
heat ,
heat up ,
heckle ,
hector ,
heighten ,
hot up ,
hound ,
huff ,
impassion ,
impel ,
incense ,
incite ,
increase ,
induce ,
inflame ,
inform ,
infuriate ,
infuse life into ,
inspire ,
instigate ,
insult ,
intensify ,
interest ,
invigorate ,
invite ,
involve in ,
irk ,
irritate ,
jazz up ,
kindle ,
lead ,
light the fuse ,
lip ,
madden ,
magnify ,
make acute ,
make trouble ,
make worse ,
miff ,
molest ,
motivate ,
move ,
muster up ,
nag ,
needle ,
nettle ,
nudzh ,
obtain ,
occasion ,
offend ,
outrage ,
peeve ,
persecute ,
perturb ,
pester ,
pick on ,
pick up ,
pique ,
pit against ,
plague ,
pluck the beard ,
pother ,
prime ,
procure ,
produce ,
promote ,
prompt ,
push ,
put out ,
put up to ,
quicken ,
raise ,
rally ,
rankle ,
rasp ,
renew ,
resuscitate ,
revive ,
ride ,
rile ,
roil ,
rouse ,
ruffle ,
sass ,
sauce ,
separate ,
set ,
set against ,
set at odds ,
set at variance ,
set on ,
set on edge ,
set up ,
sharpen ,
sic on ,
sour ,
sow dissension ,
spur on ,
start ,
stimulate ,
stir ,
stir the blood ,
stir the embers ,
stir up ,
stir up trouble ,
summon up ,
superinduce ,
talk back ,
tantalize ,
tease ,
thrill ,
tickle ,
titillate ,
titivate ,
torment ,
trouble ,
try the patience ,
tweak the nose ,
upset ,
vex ,
wake ,
waken ,
whet ,
whip up ,
work up ,
worry ,
worsen
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