provoke

verb

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

   verb.emotion

   Synonyms arouse elicit enkindle evoke fire kindle raise

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur

   verb.creation

   Examples

   Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple.

   Synonyms call forth evoke kick up

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. provide the needed stimulus for

   verb.communication

   Synonyms stimulate

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. annoy continually or chronically

   verb.emotion

   Synonyms beset chevvy chevy chivvy chivy harass harry hassle molest plague

   Source: WordNet 3.0

5. To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.

   verb

   Source: webster1913

6. To cause provocation or anger.

   verb

   Source: webster1913