provoked

Meanings

• verb

  meaning 1: to agitate or irritate someone or something, often leading to an angry or violent response.

  - "The crowd was provoked by the opposing team's taunts."
  - "The teacher was provoked by the student's persistent misbehavior."
  - "The politician's inflammatory speech provoked a violent response from the crowd."

• verb

  meaning 2: to cause or stimulate something to occur or develop, often resulting in a desirable outcome.

  - "The artist was provoked by the beauty of the natural world to create a masterpiece."
  - "The competition was provoked by the contestants' intense desire to win."
  - "The research was provoked by the scientists' curiosity and fascination with the unknown."

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Synonyms

bring about , discompose , egg on , engender , evoke , grill , incite , induce , inflame , instigate , invoke , rouse , set off , stir up , whip up

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with provoked
proded , produced , provided , provocative

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. hoe-moe-fones
   

2. who are those joneses
   

3. how does one hose down a house
   

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Variants

List of all variants of provoked that leads to same result
provoke , provoked , provoker , provokers , provokes , provoking

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Etymology

origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'provoked' comes from the Old French word 'provocar', which means 'to call forth, to summon, to incite, to stimulate, to agitate'.

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