provoke
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(verb) provide the needed stimulus for |
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Synonyms: stimulate |
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Related Words: agitate, challenge, entice, foment, incite, instigate, jog, lure, set off, stir up, tempt |
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(verb) call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" |
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Synonyms: call forth, evoke, kick up |
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Related Words: cause, do, make, pick |
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(verb) call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
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Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, raise |
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Related Words: anger, ask for, create, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, make, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, sweep over, untune, upset, whelm, wound |
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(verb) annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked" |
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Synonyms: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague |
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Related Words: annoy, bother, devil, get at, get to, goad, gravel, irritate, nark, needle, nettle, nettle, rag, rile, vex |
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