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provoked - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | provoked |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exasperated |
| Synonyms: | angry, enraged, incensed, irritated, mad, aggravated |
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make angry |
| Synonyms: | abet, abrade, affront, aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, chafe, enrage, exasperate, exercise, foment, fret, gall*, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin, get*, grate, hit where one lives, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, insult, irk, irritate, madden, make blood boil, make waves, nag, offend, perturb, pique, put out, raise, rile, roil, ruffle, set on, set*, try one's patience, upset, vex, whip up*, work into lather, work up* |
| Notes: | provoke means to stir up or arouse - or to incite to anger or resentment; evoke means to call forth or call to mind emotions, feelings, and responses |
| Antonyms: | delight, make happy, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provoke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start, evoke; stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, awaken, begin, bestir, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, build up, call forth, cause, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enthuse, excite, fire, fire up, galvanize, generate, give rise to, incite, induce, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, kindle, lead to, make, motivate, move, occasion, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, quicken, rally, rouse, roust, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, waken, whet |
| Antonyms: | end, halt, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | angry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | being mad, often extremely mad |
| Synonyms: | annoyed, bitter, choleric, cross, displeased, enraged, ferocious, fierce, fiery, furious, hateful, heated, hot, huffy, ill-tempered, impassioned, incensed, indignant, inflamed, infuriated, irascible, irate, irritable, irritated, offended, provoked, raging, sore, sulky, sullen, tumultous/tumultuous, turbulent, uptight, wrathful, affronted, antagonized, chafed, convulsed, exacerbated, exasperated, fuming, galled, ireful, maddened, nettled, outraged, piqued, resentful, riled, splenetic, storming, vexed |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, content, happy, joyful, joyous |
| Main Entry: | excited |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspired; upset |
| Synonyms: | agitated, animated, annoyed, beside oneself*, charged, delighted, disconcerted, disturbed, eager, enthusiastic, feverish, frantic, high*, hot*, hot and bothered*, hyperactive, hysterical, inflamed, jumpy*, moved, nervous, on edge*, on fire, overwrought, passionate, provoked, stimulated, thrilled, tumultous/tumultuous, wild, wired*, aflame, aroused, awakened, discomposed, fired up, in a tizzy, juiced up, keyed up, piqued, roused, ruffled, steamed up, stirred, worked up, zipped up |
| Antonyms: | bored, calm, composed, laid-back, unenthusiastic, uninspired, easy-going, unenthused, unexcited |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | huffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry, in a bad mood |
| Synonyms: | angered, annoyed, crabby, cross, crotchety, crusty, curt, disgruntled, fractious, grumpy, hurt, insulted, irritable, miffed, moody, offended, peeved, peevish, petulant, provoked, put out*, querulous, short, snappish, snappy, sulky, sullen, surly, testy, touchy, waspish, crabbed, exasperated, huffish, irked, moping, nettled, pettish, piqued, resentful, riled, stewed, vexed |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, delighted, happy, joyful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indignant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | acrimonious, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling*, bugged, burned up, disgruntled, displeased, exasperated, fuming, furious, heated, huffy*, in a huff, incensed, irate, livid, mad, miffed, p.o.'d, peeved, piqued, provoked, resentful, riled, scornful, seeing red, up in arms*, upset, wrathful |
| Antonyms: | gleeful, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | angered, annoyed, enraged, furious, incensed, indignant, infuriated, irritated, livid, mad, provoked, up in arms*, wrathful, blown a gasket, exasperated, fuming, piqued, riled, steamed, ticked off, worked up, wroth |
| Antonyms: | calm, cheerful, happy, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pissed off |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | affronted, annoyed, bent out of shape, boiling*, cross, displeased, enraged, fighting mad, fit to be tied*, fuming, furious, hopping mad, hot, huffy*, in a tizzy, incensed, inflamed, infuriated, irate, irritated, livid, mad, maddened, offended, outraged, peed, peeved off, provoked, raging, riled, sore, steamed, steamed up, steaming, storming, t'd off, tee'd off, ticked off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irritated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | annoyed |
| Synonyms: | angered, angry, bothered, disturbed, provoked, troubled, irked |
| Main Entry: | up in arms |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | upset and ready to fight |
| Synonyms: | at odds, at swords' points, at war, hostile, in an uproar, in the midst of battle, prepared for war, provoked, wrought up |
| Main Entry: | offended |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vexed |
| Synonyms: | angry, hurt, insulted, provoked, upset, exasperated, outraged |
| Main Entry: | troubled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | worried |
| Synonyms: | afraid, agitated, alarmed, annoyed, anxious, apprehensive, beset, bothered, concerned, confused, discombobulated*, disconcerted, displeased, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fearful, frightened, harried, irritated, miffed*, overwrought, pained, perplexed, perturbed, provoked, put out, puzzled, scared, shaken, terrified, uneasy, unsettled, upset, aggravated, anguished, chagrined, disquieted, exacerbated, flustered, harrowed, in a tizzy*, inconvenienced, irked, mortified, pestered, plagued, riled*, ruffled, tormented, tortured, vexed, worried stiff* |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, composed, cool, peaceful, quiet, settled, untroubled, at ease |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mad |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, agitated, berserk, distracted, distraught, enraged, excited, frantic, frenetic, furious, incensed, infuriated, irritated, livid, provoked, raging, uncontrolled, wild, wrathful, exasperated, fuming, resentful, seeing red, very upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, happy, cheered |
| Main Entry: | abet |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assist, help in wrongdoing |
| Synonyms: | advocate, back, condone, egg on*, encourage, endorse, goad, incite, instigate, prod, promote, provoke, sanction, spur, support, urge |
| Antonyms: | counter, deter, discourage, frustrate, hinder, hurt, impede, obstruct, resist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | acerbate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exasperate |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, annoy, disturb, perturb, provoke, rattle one's cage |
| Main Entry: | affront |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult or involve in entanglement |
| Synonyms: | abuse, anger, annoy, confront, criticize, displease, encounter, face, give the cold shoulder*, meet, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, put down*, slander, slight, taunt, vex, dispraise, dump on, give a zinger, hit where one lives |
| Antonyms: | appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aggravate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | annoy |
| Synonyms: | be at, be on the back of, bother, bug, bum*, dog, drive up the wall, exasperate, gall, get, get on one's nerves, get to, give a hard time, grate, hack, irk, irritate, nag, needle, nettle, peeve, pester, pick on, pique, provoke, tease, vex, wig* |
| Antonyms: | appease, gladden, make happy, mollify, soften |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | anger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make someone mad; become mad |
| Synonyms: | acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up*, boil over*, boil*, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze*, cross, displease, egg on*, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up*, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex |
| Antonyms: | calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | annoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | irritate, upset |
| Synonyms: | abrade, agitate, badger, bedevil, beleaguer, bore, bother, break, bug, chafe, displease, distress, disturb, egg on*, exasperate, gall, get, gnaw, harass, harry, henpeck, irk, madden, miff, nag, needle, nettle, nudge, peeve, perturb, pester, plague, provoke, push button, ride, rile, ruffle, tease, trouble, turn off*, vex, worry, T-off, ask for it, be at, be on the back of, burn up, fire up, heat up, hit where one lives, make waves, tick off*, work on |
| Antonyms: | aid, gratify, please, soothe, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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