provoke

pro·voke

P0624100 (prə-vōk′)tr.v. pro·voked, pro·vok·ing, pro·vokes 1. To incite to anger or resentment: taunts that provoked their rivals.2. To stir to action or feeling: a remark that provoked me to reconsider.3. To give rise to; bring about: a miscue that provoked laughter; news that provoked an uproar.4. To bring about deliberately; induce: provoke a fight.

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[Middle English provoken, from Old French provoquer, from Latin prōvocāre, to challenge : prō-, forth; see pro-¹ + vocāre, to call; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]Synonyms: provoke, incite, excite, stimulate, arouse, rouse, stir¹
These verbs mean to move a person to action or feeling or to summon something into being by so moving a person. Provoke often merely states the consequences produced: "Let my presumption not provoke thy wrath" (Shakespeare)."a situation which in the country would have provoked meetings" (John Galsworthy).
To incite is to provoke and urge on: Members of the opposition incited the insurrection. Excite implies a strong or emotional reaction: The movie will fail—the plot excites little interest or curiosity. Stimulate suggests renewed vigor of action as if by spurring or goading: "Our vigilance was stimulated by our finding traces of a large ... encampment" (Francis Parkman).
To arouse means to awaken, as from inactivity or apathy; rouse means the same, but more strongly implies vigorous or emotional excitement: "In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives" (Felix Frankfurter)."The oceangoing steamers ... roused in him wild and painful longings" (Arnold Bennett).
To stir is to cause activity, strong but usually agreeable feelings, trouble, or commotion: "It was him as stirred up th' young woman to preach last night" (George Eliot)."I have seldom been so ... stirred by any piece of writing" (Mark Twain). See Also Synonyms at annoy.

provoke

(prəˈvəʊk) vb (tr) 1. to anger or infuriate2. to cause to act or behave in a certain manner; incite or stimulate3. to promote (certain feelings, esp anger, indignation, etc) in a person4. obsolete to summon[C15: from Latin prōvocāre to call forth, from vocāre to call] proˈvoking adj proˈvokingly adv

pro•voke

(prəˈvoʊk)

v.t. -voked, -vok•ing. 1. to anger, exasperate, or vex. 2. to stir up, arouse, or call forth (feelings, desires, or activity). 3. to incite or stimulate to action. 4. to give rise to, induce, or bring about. [1400–50; < Latin prōvocāre to call forth, challenge, provoke =prō- pro-¹ + vocāre to call] pro•vok′er, n. syn: See incite.

provoke

Past participle: provoked
Gerund: provoking

Imperative
provoke
provoke

Present
I provoke
you provoke
he/she/it provokes
we provoke
you provoke
they provoke

Preterite
I provoked
you provoked
he/she/it provoked
we provoked
you provoked
they provoked

Present Continuous
I am provoking
you are provoking
he/she/it is provoking
we are provoking
you are provoking
they are provoking

Present Perfect
I have provoked
you have provoked
he/she/it has provoked
we have provoked
you have provoked
they have provoked

Past Continuous
I was provoking
you were provoking
he/she/it was provoking
we were provoking
you were provoking
they were provoking

Past Perfect
I had provoked
you had provoked
he/she/it had provoked
we had provoked
you had provoked
they had provoked

Future
I will provoke
you will provoke
he/she/it will provoke
we will provoke
you will provoke
they will provoke

Future Perfect
I will have provoked
you will have provoked
he/she/it will have provoked
we will have provoked
you will have provoked
they will have provoked

Future Continuous
I will be provoking
you will be provoking
he/she/it will be provoking
we will be provoking
you will be provoking
they will be provoking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been provoking
you have been provoking
he/she/it has been provoking
we have been provoking
you have been provoking
they have been provoking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been provoking
you will have been provoking
he/she/it will have been provoking
we will have been provoking
you will have been provoking
they will have been provoking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been provoking
you had been provoking
he/she/it had been provoking
we had been provoking
you had been provoking
they had been provoking

Conditional
I would provoke
you would provoke
he/she/it would provoke
we would provoke
you would provoke
they would provoke

Past Conditional
I would have provoked
you would have provoked
he/she/it would have provoked
we would have provoked
you would have provoked
they would have provoked

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	provoke - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"arouse, elicit, evoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raisecreate, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord"ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"excite - arouse or elicit a feelinganger - make angry; "The news angered him"discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composureshame - cause to be ashamedspite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego"overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuliinterest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
	2.	provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"call forth, evoke, kick upbring up, call down, conjure, conjure up, invoke, call forth, put forward, arouse, evoke, stir, raise - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"cause, do, make - give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally; "cause a commotion"; "make a stir"; "cause an accident"pick - provoke; "pick a fight or a quarrel"
	3.	provoke - provide the needed stimulus forstimulateentice, lure, tempt - provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"rejuvenate - cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the landjog - stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"instigate, incite, stir up, set off - provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"challenge - issue a challenge to; "Fischer challenged Spassky to a match"agitate, foment, stir up - try to stir up public opinion
	4.	provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers"beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plagueneedle, goad - goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"annoy, devil, gravel, irritate, nark, rile, vex, nettle, rag, bother, chafe, get at, get to - cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"bedevil, dun, rag, torment, frustrate, crucify - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"haze - harass by imposing humiliating or painful tasks, as in military institutions

provoke

verb1. anger, insult, annoy, offend, irritate, infuriate, hassle (informal), aggravate (informal), incense, enrage, gall, put someone out, madden, exasperate, vex, affront, chafe, irk, rile, pique, get on someone's nerves (informal), get someone's back up, piss someone off (taboo slang), put someone's back up, try someone's patience, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang), make someone's blood boil, get in someone's hair (informal), rub someone up the wrong way (informal), take a rise out of I didn't want to do anything to provoke him.
anger calm, appease, placate, quiet, soothe, sweeten, pacify, mollify, conciliate, propitiate2. rouse, cause, produce, lead to, move, fire, promote, occasion, excite, inspire, generate, prompt, stir, stimulate, motivate, induce, bring about, evoke, give rise to, precipitate, elicit, inflame, incite, instigate, kindle, foment, call forth, draw forth, bring on or down His comments have provoked a shocked reaction.
rouse ease, relieve, moderate, modify, temper, curb, blunt, lessen, lull, allay, mitigate, abate, assuageQuotations
"No-one provokes me with impunity (Nemo me impune lacessit)" Motto of the Crown of Scotland and of all Scottish regiments

provoke

verb1. To cause to feel or show anger:anger, burn (up), enrage, incense, infuriate, madden.Idioms: make one hot under the collar, make one's blood boil, put one's back up.2. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.3. To stir to action or feeling:egg on, excite, foment, galvanize, goad, impel, incite, inflame, inspire, instigate, motivate, move, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, set off, spur, stimulate, touch off, trigger, work up.4. To behave so as to bring on (danger, for example):court, invite, tempt.

Translations

引起挑衅激怒迫使

provoke

(prəˈvəuk) verb1. to make angry or irritated. Are you trying to provoke me? 激怒，挑釁 激怒，挑衅 2. to cause. His words provoked laughter. 引起 引起3. to cause (a person etc) to react in an angry way. He was provoked into hitting her. 激某人(使其做出憤怒反應) 迫使（某人做出愤怒反应） provocation (provəˈkeiʃən) noun the act of provoking or state of being provoked. 挑釁，激怒 挑衅，激怒 proˈvocative (-ˈvokətiv) adjective likely to rouse feeling, especially anger or sexual interest. provocative remarks; a provocative dress. 挑釁的，刺激的 挑衅的，激发的 proˈvocatively adverb 挑釁地 挑衅地