provoke
verb (used with object)
to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
provoker
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a word derived from
provoke.
Example Sentences
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Pundit and eager discourse provoker Matt Yglesias has made a mission of reporting bogus paper tags in D.C., which is plagued by bad drivers from neighboring Maryland and Virginia.
From Slate ● Apr. 25, 2023
For his part, Mr Wilcox, the simian provoker and professor, thinks the movement is related to the decline of the traditional family unit.
From Economist ● Jun. 16, 2016
Robin – as in Hood – is a college dropout and provoker of accidents.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2013
It was not, Federal Judge Robert Merhige insisted, a penalty so much as an expensive thought provoker.
From Time Magazine Archive
And with that the gentleman jumped into the air, and flapped his wings, as much to the amusement of the provoker of his wrath as of any other person present.
From Nick of the Woods by Robert M. Bird
