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Provoking

To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.

📖 Definitions of "Provoking"

verb

1
To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
"Don't provoke the dog; it may try to bite you."
2
To bring about a reaction.
3
To appeal.

noun

adjective

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
provocativenoun	Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
agitative	Tending to agitate.
agitating	That agitates

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
provocativenoun	Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
agitative	Tending to agitate.
agitating	That agitates
teasingnoun	The act of harassing someone playfully or maliciously, especially by ridicule; provoking someone with persistent annoyances; making fun of, making light of someone.
wreakingnoun	The act by which something is wreaked.
incitementnoun	A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
hard-hitting	Aggressively vigorous or forceful.
inciteverb	(transitive) To call into action.
exciteverb	(transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
thrillingnoun	Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.
excitingnoun	Creating or producing excitement.
stimulating	Having a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
arousingnoun	Causing arousal.
stirringnoun	invigorating or inspiring
seditious	Of, related to, or being involved in sedition.
triggeringnoun	That triggers or initiates.
promptingnoun	The action of saying something to persuade, encourage, or remind someone to do or say something.
raisingnoun	Nurturing; cultivation; providing sustenance and protection for a living thing from conception to maturity.
inducing	That induces; inductive
creatingnoun	creation