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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aggravated, provokedadjective

    incited, especially deliberately, to anger

    "aggravated by passive resistance"; "the provoked animal attacked the child"

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  1. provoked

    Provoked refers to the act of stimulating or inciting someone to do or feel something, especially in a negative or anger-inducing way. It involves causing a reaction or an emotion, typically annoyance, anger, or hostility.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Provoked

    of Provoke

Wikidata

  1. Provoked

    Provoked is a 2006 British film, directed by Jag Mundhra. It stars Aishwarya Rai, Naveen Andrews, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane, Nandita Das and Steve McFadden. The film is loosely based on the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia who killed her abusive husband. Cinematography for the film was handled by Madhu Ambat. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by A. R. Rahman, and the theme song for the film, Alive, was composed by Rahman and sung by Karen David, who has a small cameo in the film. Shot in London, the film was released theatrically in April 2007.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of proVoked in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of proVoked in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of proVoked in a Sentence

  1. Samuel Pepys:

    I find my wife hath something in her gizzard, that only waits an opportunity of being provoked to bring up; but I will not, for my content-sake, give it.

  2. Renee Ellmers:

    Donald Bryson, North Carolina state director for Americans for Prosperity, told FoxNews.com. Renee Ellmers support for a number of spending bills and subsidies have provoked conservative ire. Renee Ellmers also faces opposition from pro-life groups unhappy at Renee Ellmers after Renee Ellmers temporarily halted and forced changes last year to a House bill that would ban abortions after 20 weeks Renee Ellmers said last week Renee Ellmers was not going to be controlled by special interest groups. I absolutely refuse to feel the pressure they put on other members to vote the way they want them to vote. I don't care about the scorecards that they keep.

  3. Kevin McCarthy:

    I don't believe Donald Trump provoked if you listen to what Kevin McCarthy said at the rally.

  4. Nick Sandmann:

    I was not intentionally making faces at the protester, i did smile at one point because I wanted him to know that I was not going to become angry, intimidated or be provoked into a larger confrontation.

  5. Antony Blinken:

    Our concern is that Russia may make a serious mistake of attempting to rehash what it undertook back in 2014, when it amassed forces along the border, crossed into sovereign Ukrainian territory and did so claiming falsely that it was provoked, so the playbook that we've seen in the past was to claim some provocation as a rationale for doing what it, what it intended and planned to do. All which is why we're looking at this very carefully.

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