Provoking Synonyms and Antonyms

prə-vōkĭng
Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. annoying
  2. vexing
  3. bothersome
  4. galling
  5. irksome
  6. irritating
  7. agitative
  8. nettlesome
  9. plaguy
  10. tormenting
  11. troublesome
  12. vexatious
  13. agitating
To behave so as to bring on (danger, for example)
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. tempting
  2. inviting
  3. courting

Words Related to Provoking

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Provoking Sentence Examples

  • Deidre didn't move, afraid of provoking him.

  • Deidre suspected the result of provoking either man was death to someone.

  • Lastly, the conscience of King William, though since the acquisition of Lauenburg he had developed a taste for conquest, shrank from provoking war with a German power.

  • He is not the only man whom absorption in work and infirmity of temper have made into a provoking husband, though few wives have had Mrs Carlyle's capacity for expressing the sense of injustice.

  • About this period he was charged with the defence of a member of the national guard of Brives, which was accused of provoking disorders in the department of La Correze.

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