Provoke
verb — past tense: provoked ; past participle: provoked ; present participle: provoking ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (to irritate; annoy; incite; anger; stir up; arouse; excite) provoke anger បង្កើត, ធ្វើអោយមាន provoke the enemy ធ្វើអោយខឹង
Example: I'm not easily provoked, but this behavior is intolerable! - 2.
- (បច្ចេកទេស) បង្ករឿង, បង្កហេតុ, រករឿង, ធ្វើអោយកើតឡើង
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: provoked ; past participle: provoked ; present participle: provoking ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.
- 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To cause provocation or anger.
- 3.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To appeal. [A Latinism]
- 1.
- agitate, arouse, awaken, cause, disquiet, disturb, encourage, excite, foment, goad, incite, induce, instigate, irritate, rouse, stimulate, stir up, urge
- 1.
- allay, calm, pacify, quell, quiet