unprovokableadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈvəʊkəbl/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈvoʊkəb(ə)l/ Incapable of being provoked; not provokable.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective]
slowc1384
imperturbablea1475
sober-minded1534
well-staid1550
settled1557
sober1564
steady1602
unprovokable1646
good-tempered1685
inirritable1794
well-adjusted1809
unvolatile1823
inexcitable1828
unrufflable1828
churchwardenly1830
unruffable1837
unexcitable1839
unrousable1842
well-tempered1852
middle-aged1853
unsqueamish1893
unflappable1958
the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective]
stillc825
tamec888
mildeOE
lithea1000
daftc1000
meekc1325
lambishc1374
meeklyc1375
benign1377
temperatec1380
quieta1382
gall-lessa1398
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
unwrathful1542
rageless1578
lamb-like?1592
mildya1603
milky1602
pigeon-livered1604
placid1614
spleenless?1615
passive1616
unprovokable1646
milken1648
uncaptious1661
stomachless1727
unindignant1789
pianoa1817
ireless1829
unquarrelsome1830
quiet-goinga1835
uncholeric1834
unoffendable1839
baby-milda1845
quiet-tempered1846
turtlish1855
pathic1857
1646 J. Goodwin Anapologesiates Antapologias v. 203 Presbyterian Classes and Synods..are infallible, unprovokeable.
1803 J. Bentham Let. 5 Apr. in Wks. (1842) XX. 403/1 Better..would it be if your..principals were as placable, or rather as unprovokable.
1869 H. B. Stowe Oldtown Folks xxx. 393 He..stamped upon the boy with a blind fury..which was in singular contrast with his usual unprovokable good-humor.
1989 B. Head Tales Tenderness & Power (1990) 40 Perhaps it is a weird kind of people who pull against the current; unprovokable; even reasonable.
2013 S. Littlefield Rebirth xiv. 144 Dor, usually unprovokable, cut her off angrily.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1646