Provocation - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌprɑːvəˈkeɪʃn|
Brit.
|ˌprɒvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n|
noun
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment (syn: aggravation, irritation)
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action (syn: incitation, incitement)
- needed encouragement (syn: incitement)
- something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action (syn: incitation, incitement)
- needed encouragement (syn: incitement)
the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
Extra examples
He can turn violent at the least provocation.
Her calmness in the face of repeated provocations impressed her friends.
With hardly any provocation, the crowd began to chant.
You ought not to give way to your temper, under whatever provocation.
She claims that Graham attacked her without any provocation.
He was accused of deliberate provocation.
Julie has a tendency to burst into tears at the slightest provocation.
Word forms
noun
singular: provocation
plural: provocations
singular: provocation
plural: provocations
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