provoking

1. 1.

   causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

   “a provoking delay at the airport”

   Synonymsagitativeagitating

   Similarprovocative

Questions about provoking

What does provoking mean?

provoking means "causing or tending to cause anger or resentment".

How many syllables are in provoking?

provoking has 3 syllables: pro-vo-king. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /pɹəˈvoʊkɪŋ/.

What is another word for provoking?

Close synonyms include agitative, agitating. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is provoking a common word?

provoking is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.