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provoke
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To deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry
To bring about
To stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger in them
To bring about or cause something to happen
Bring upon oneself
To offend the moral feelings of
Invite to do battle
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To deliberately make (someone) annoyed or angry
annoy
anger
infuriate
irritate
enrage
incense
madden
exasperate
gall
pique
insult
irk
offend
vex
affront
aggravate
hassle
bother
exacerbate
rile
upset
agitate
nettle
ruffle
harass
bug
get
harry
molest
nark
needle
peeve
perturb
plague
taunt
tease
torment
chafe
miff
grate
incite
niggle
rankle
ride
roil
bait
fret
gravel
grill
nag
abrade
start
get to
get on one's nerves
put someone out
get on someone's nerves
get someone's back up
get under one's skin
hack off
send into a rage
try someone's patience
hack someone off
make angry
rub up the wrong way
try one's patience
work into lather
give someone the hump
make blood boil
make someone's blood boil
put someone's back up
stir up
wind up
get a rise out of
get in someone's hair
rub the wrong way
set one off
set on
take a rise out of
get across someone
make waves
put out
hit where one lives
displease
disturb
tick off
antagonize
US
pester
persecute
burn up
goad
rasp
worry
inflame
antagonise
UK
trouble
get across
outrage
eat
spite
drive up the wall
make someone see red
distress
frost
gripe
itch
badger
drive crazy
drive mad
hump
rattle
rark
get at
tee off
bum out
hack you off
frustrate
bedevil
discompose
disgruntle
get on your nerves
disquiet
excite
hound
rankle with
ire
mad
disconcert
hurt
drive to distraction
steam up
enflame
drive round the bend
dismay
heckle
unsettle
perplex
afflict
give someone the pip
disgust
make cross
fluster
concern
get your back up
pain
fuss
gnaw
flurry
drive round the twist
distemper
torture
put your back up
sting
grate on
alarm
give someone a hard time
arouse
give a hard time
be on your back
unhinge
frazzle
burn
hector
dog
confuse
try
beleaguer
get your goat
embitter
distract
get in your hair
make your blood boil
egg on
rattle one's cage
mortify
chivvy
give someone grief
T-off
unnerve
discomfort
discomfit
work up
devil
wound
ail
exercise
mock
aggrieve
pick on
put down
mither
empurple
be at
rag
haze
rouse
weird out
freak out
embarrass
chagrin
beset
fire up
hagride
derail
dissatisfy
get someone
prod
bully
get one's goat
tantalize
US
get under your skin
nudge
tantalise
UK
rib
chaff
get in one's hair
get on your wick
ridicule
get on somebody's nerves
deride
rattle someone's cage
umbrage
oppress
drive bananas
undo
alarum
criticize
US
prick
faze
get someone's goat
get under skin
cheese off
criticise
UK
discombobulate
make fun of
depress
jar on
dump on
slight
make anxious
eat away at
put someone's nose out of joint
be on the back of
guy
work on
abuse
scandalize
US
humiliate
acerbate
bewilder
get up someone's nose
hack
injure
cross
gibe
craze
incommode
harrow
ruffle someone's feathers
get under someone's skin
revile
quiz
henpeck
turn off
worsen
disrespect
diss
scandalise
UK
disoblige
dis
be offensive
confound
slap
chivy
discountenance
upbraid
shock
heighten
grieve
pursue
make you see red
besiege
laugh at
sledge
heavy
kid
curse
browbeat
have on
whip up
raise your hackles
agonize
US
ask for it
get your dander up
slam
rub you up the wrong way
push one's buttons
keep after
keep on at
get on nerves
importune
add fuel to the fire
pull somebody's leg
cause offense
dishearten
take the piss out of
cut to the quick
agonise
UK
bite
breathe down someone's neck
give offence to
bend someone's ear
make uneasy
victimize
US
inconvenience
sour
stress out
manipulate
razz
zing
get someone's dander up
titillate
curdle
make someone's hackles rise
scold
be a pain in the neck
sound
thwart
bum
brown off
wear on
discommode
raise hell
add insult to injury
derange
disparage
scorn
quicken
impose on
snub
scoff at
jeer at
berate
twit
wrong
slander
rally
examine
rack
reproach
poke fun at
jar
break
abase
slur
stimulate
bore
drive someone up the wall
make your hackles rise
try the patience of
jeer
victimise
UK
scout
lead on
stick in one's craw
intrude upon
dishonor
US
crab
anguish
excruciate
tire
sneer
pother
take the mickey out of
try your patience
eat at
flirt with
complicate
get your hackles up
set one's teeth on edge
peck at
dishonour
UK
give a bad time
strain
flout
heat up
make sport of
rag on
roast
slang
get up your nose
scare
intimidate
swipe at
go on at
gnaw at
spook
carp at
put off
be an affront to
find fault with
drive you up the wall
cause offence to
hurt someone's feelings
shake up
puzzle
ruffle one's feathers
pick at
put somebody's nose out of joint
mess with
get up somebody's nose
get on the wrong side of
slap in the face
twist the knife
rub salt in the wound
tick someone off
take the mickey
rattle someone's chain
hurry
irritate greatly
make you angry
steam
fester
chide
lash
wig
flutter
discontent
disaffect
make one see red
snit
pet
tiff
huff
stew
cavil
misplease
wing
disappoint
repel
revolt
cool
cap
spur
dun
drive insane
hustle
put somebody's back up
bristle
rile up
blight
assail
preoccupy
burden
panic
excoriate
get on someone
tangle
motivate
absorb
grab
attract
awake
goose
ignite
interest
cause resentment to
cause annoyance to
rub one the wrong way
shake
push button
trigger
nag at
boil
galvanize
US
bustle
insist
remind
play dirty
harm
interrupt
impede
hinder
question
tweak
despair
obsess
be like a red rag to a bull
mess
put your nose out of joint
occupy
foil
cause anxiety
stress
blow up
cause disquiet to
give the business
arouse hostility in
impose upon
put on the spot
frighten
startle
galvanise
UK
drive nuts
push someone's buttons
resent
push someon's buttons
make sore
lose one's temper
put
cause to panic
entice
eat up
begrudge
grudge
ferment
confront
dispraise
drive you crazy
throw off
psych out
daze
appal
UK
run up the wrong way
get on someone's wick
possess
shatter
appall
US
ventilate
move
psych
tatter
erode
fray
sicken
nauseate
weary
make someone scratch their head
lie heavy on
amaze
intrude
interfere
astound
get in the way
stir
drive you to distraction
make livid
hang up
get even
cramp style
louse up
get on someone's tits
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get someone's hackles up
get someone's wick
macerate
attack
noodge
despoil
foray
bullyrag
cause anxiety to
throw
affect
drive you round the twist
drive you round the bend
boil over
make indignant
cause offense to
tempt
intrigue
beguile
fascinate
lure
allure
make nervous
punish
wring
smite
bone
make flip
work someone up
push buttons
turn on
bug up
get on the nerves of
drive you off your head
scour
wear down
give a zinger
give the cold shoulder
throw off balance
upset the apple cart
make fed up
drive you out of your mind
make somebody's blood boil
drive out of mind
be a nuisance to
jerk around
exploit
maltreat
violate
get in the hair of
scratch
josh
baffle
charm
stump
put into a flap
put someone off their stroke
furbelow
cow
bluster
floor
frill
flummox
fuddle
cause someone to lose their composure
disrupt
throw into a tizz
wear
throw into tizzy
domineer
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
grate at
lose patience
horrify
drive somebody up the wall
wind somebody up
libel
satirize
US
be a pest to
scrape away
bite into
gnaw away at
rage
wear away
wear to shreds
wear out
malign
mistreat
belittle
ill-treat
lead someone a merry dance
play cat and mouse
put through wringer
rub salt in wound
grip
override
tyrannize
US
push
mix up
denigrate
defame
send up
give chase
scratch around
track down
yap at
jive
make jokes about
rot
chiack
joke
fun
jibe at
be sarcastic about
shuck
misuse
turn one off
dominate
tyrannise
UK
enslave
turn inside out
be on one's tail
be on one's back
take out after
search high heaven
be on one's case
leave no stone unturned
beat the bushes
turn upside down
impugn
discredit
put on
goof on
smoke
be disagreeable
give offence
tread on someone's toes
keep hanging
spurn
calumniate
rebuff
laugh
encourage
banter
spoof
satirise
UK
snap
hurt somebody's feelings
miscall
shun
be rude to
ignore
trash-talk
bad-mouth
call someone names
gibe at
sneer at
poke borak at
flout at
make a monkey of
sling off at
poke mullock at
make mouth water
keep hanging on
keep someone hanging on
make someone's mouth water
asperse
cast aspersions on
derogate
pull someone's leg
mess around
tyrannize over
be autocratic
disdain
jab
twitter
dig
lout
take advantage of
do an injustice to
ill-use
martyrize
martyr
call names
pan
gird
cut dead
debase
blister
give someone the cold-shoulder
scoff
underestimate
slag off
step on one's toes
treat disrespectfully
degrade
lead somebody on
yowl
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
carp
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
grumble
kvetch
complain
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
step on the toes of
egg
urge
harp on at
find fault
moan at
moan on at
take it out on
grumble at
keep complaining to
go for jugular
give no quarter
lay a bad trip on
intensify
increase
compound
magnify
make worse
amplify
augment
envenom
impair
add to
make matters worse
fan the flames
compound the problem
hit on
feed the fire
add fuel to the flames
push one's button
fan the flames of
to make matters worse
go from bad to worse
rub salt in the wounds
rub salt in a wound
haunt
terrorize
US
terrorise
UK
threaten
menace
push around
lean on
coerce
bulldoze
pressurize
US
pressurise
UK
discriminate against
weigh down
terrify
kick around
ride roughshod over
mishandle
strong-arm
cause suffering to
manhandle
mau-mau
tax
blackjack
hang over
prey on
weigh heavily on
sadden
brutalize
US
be down on
dragoon
press
suppress
have it in for
brutalise
UK
mess over
scourge
have a down on
bogart
pressure
subjugate
damage
traumatize
US
infest
weigh on
be a burden to
push about
exhaust
railroad
overwhelm
steamroller
force
take over
hunt
traumatise
UK
enforce
treat harshly
make things hot for someone
use strong-arm tactics on
be cruel to
trample on
press down on
test
overrun
crush
subdue
punish unfairly
detract
repress
spoil
taint
dissipate
prostitute
batter
neglect
overburden
overtax
misemploy
waste
squander
overwork
lampoon
put pressure on
scar
overcome
compel
overpower
be a burden on
tyrranize
argue
oblige
pooh-pooh
affright
awe
trample
take apart
knock about
flip out
keep down
constrain
bludgeon
be a great weight on
grind down
trample underfoot
hold down
make miserable
crucify
indispose
heap scorn on
insist on
treat badly
put the squeeze on
take control of
do a number on
scare the bejesus out of
rule with an iron hand
hurt one's feelings
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
twist someone's arm
walk all over
bring someone to their knees
do in
issue threats to
bedog
boss about
tread on
boss around
niggle at
be hostile to
be against
be prejudiced against
show antagonism to
be set against
disapprove of
chase
kick about
buttonhole
grind someone down
show ill will towards
feel ill will towards
bear a grudge towards
roust
single out
buffet
devastate
encroach
obtrude
be prey to
bring pressure to bear on
inflict suffering on
inflict pain on
convulse
be critical of
cast down
lay waste
be the victim of
barrack
boo
lie heavily on
daunt
sweat
fear
beleague
shout down
petrify
weigh
prey on your mind
caricature
be on at
punish repeatedly and unfairly
nit-pick
cut up
cause anguish to
arouse anxiety in
strap
make wretched
make it tough for
desolate
feel up
break in
touch up
hiss
cause trouble to
be on someone's back
parody
push someone around
stretch
sap
drain
buffalo
overawe
inflict trauma
knock for six
deeply upset
get someone down
be bothered
encompass
enclose
surround
knock
cause concern to
cause discomfort to
snicker at
smile at
snigger at
hegemonize
master
scarify
fright
prey on one's mind
shout at
entangle
encircle
environ
turn
incapacitate
flip
debilitate
cramp
make uncomfortable
subject
be afflicted with
suffer from
be plagued with
be troubled by
pillory
contemn
ring
circle
aggress
compass
invade
girdle
butt in
shout catcalls at
make game of
swagger
drive
impel
cajole
make
wheedle
key up
lay up
strike terror in
strike terror into
scare off
dismiss
hem in
encumber
overload
saddle
bring someone to heel
bring under the yoke
weigh heavy upon
smother
handicap
beat down
make demands on
rule over
hold sway over
put screws to
make severe demands on
put a strain on
overthrow
tire out
despotize
rule
put upon
rock the boat
make a scene
implore
entreat
beg
beseech
controvert
brawl
scrap
row
argufy
quibble
squabble
bicker
altercate
wrangle
fight
quarrel
dispute
spat
brabble
obligate
vilify
skewer
jibe
fall upon
fall on
be blighted with
be burdened with
be bedevilled by
supplicate
solicit
inspire panic in
frighten out of your wits
scare to death
put the fear of God into
fill with terror
make it hot for someone
put the frighteners on
sway
muscle
sandbag
talk
impress
recur
detract from
jolly
fall out
start in on
give the needle
petition
have someone do something
put the heat on
prevail on
put the screws on
come at
hold up to ridicule
pour scorn on
shoot down
pervade
materialize
US
manifest
walk
dwell
materialise
UK
rise
voodoo
reappear
hover
permeate
return
appear
inhabit
float
overbear
maul
inflict
jump on one's case
give one the business
treat with contempt
come back to
handle roughly
wreck
wreak
impose
befall
breath down someone's neck
appeal to
enjoin
cock a snook at
tear
dictate to
divert
tear to pieces
hurt the feelings of
stay with
come back
plead with
pray
impetrate
conjure
immolate
beat
use
demonize
US
order around
order about
be ever present
knock around
sidetrack
demonise
UK
apply to
obsecrate
call on
sweat out
dictate
domineer over
warn
play the heavy with
con
plead
crave
demand
persuade
ask
invoke
appeal
plead to
sell
avenge
visit
lord it over
rule despotically
descend upon
adventure
risk
venture
descend on
peril
force upon
jeopard
jeopardize
US
imperil
compromise
endanger
hazard
bring down on
amuse
deflect
abstract
make threats against
comminate
fulminate
blackmail
look daggers
scowl
forewarn
shake fist at
make threat
walk heavy
snarl
admonish
threaten to harm
flex muscles
caution
threaten to kill
make threats to
treat brutally
stack the deck
have your knife into
engross
entertain
draw
have someone under your thumb
frenzy
call off
engage
turn aside
befuddle
unbalance
addle
stall
mislead
chill
scare hell out of
utter threats to
bad-eye
portend
jeopardise
UK
gamble with
whip around
impend
lower
put heat on
loom
draw away
turn away
lead astray
cause to lose concentration
call away
lead away
catch flies
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“I tell myself to stay calm and not to let anyone
provoke
me.”
Verb
▲
To bring about
cause
produce
occasion
generate
inspire
evoke
induce
instigate
precipitate
promote
stimulate
arouse
elicit
excite
prompt
rouse
stir
engender
fire
incite
kindle
motivate
move
spark
trigger
activate
beget
breed
encourage
enkindle
foment
foster
inflame
animate
invoke
pique
rally
abet
awaken
begin
bestir
brew
exercise
ferment
galvanise
UK
galvanize
US
impassion
make
raise
prime
quicken
suscitate
waken
whet
lead to
bring about
bring on
draw forth
give rise to
set off
spark off
touch off
call forth
contribute to
stir up
make for
whip up
fire up
build up
result in
rev up
spur
goad
drive
urge
create
work up
effect
effectuate
agitate
prod
initiate
start
impel
bring
spur on
actuate
electrify
catalyze
US
spawn
inspirit
push
influence
affect
catalyse
UK
egg on
trigger off
prick
energize
US
yield
compel
bring to pass
translate into
energise
UK
thrill
enliven
set in motion
turn on
put in motion
persuade
pick
sway
work
originate
press
invigorate
US
be the cause of
exhilarate
invite
bring out
wake
envigorate
UK
enthuse
do
advance
draw on
get going
incentivize
US
challenge
propel
tempt
fuel
light a fire under
hatch
draw
incentivise
introduce
bring forth
ignite
fan
entice
lead
intensify
incline
make happen
pump up
intoxicate
sting
fire the imagination of
set on
kick-start
end in
develop
vitalize
bring into being
impress
further
be at the bottom of
pep up
involve
set
titillate
bear
get
revive
attract
cultivate
culminate in
institute
kickoff
vivify
establish
be conducive to
nudge
exhort
muster
solicit
fan the flames of
fire the enthusiasm of
force
summon
entail
instil
UK
accelerate
instill
US
awake
strike
increase
key up
expedite
sow the seeds of
disturb
draw out
tantalize
US
charge
call into being
necessitate
set going
embolden
steel
dare
taunt
touch
convince
summon up
coax
send
tantalise
UK
finish in
prevail upon
render
hound
captivate
fascinate
commove
get someone going
enact
talk into
stoke up
gee up
set up
goose
rile
pressure
prevail on
hasten
buoy
needle
startle
fire with enthusiasm
procure
hearten
intrigue
strengthen
launch
please
jolt
craze
wind up
contribute
mean
grab
ravish
speed up
educe
allure
heighten
coerce
seduce
uplift
inaugurate
hook
dispose
fillip
spell
push forward
root on
buoy up
help
psych
risk
lure
oblige
make waves
demand
amount to
court
run
call
put up to
terminate in
convert
found
exalt
impact
be instrumental in
drum up
sic
defy
predispose
sire
achieve
inveigle
conduce
realise
UK
realize
US
contrive
astonish
elate
procreate
charm
add up to
conduce to
actualize
conjure up
beg for
call to mind
buck up
wake up
call up
carry
crank up
win over
bulldoze
alert
liven up
get up
throw down the gauntlet
drive on
tease
tickle
empower
interest
incentify
egg
recall
constrain
jumpstart
secure
plan
boost
give incentive
reassure
agitate for
fortify
ask for
suggest
shock
enhance
enrapture
irritate
enchant
entrance
add to
scheme
plot
enforce
refresh
beguile
whip
nurture
commence
organize
US
enthral
UK
steam up
conceive
delight
father
forward
stump
propagate
innervate
redound to
exacerbate
have a hand in
inform
extract
cheer on
boost up
imply
woo
bear up
entertain
amuse
cajole
bewitch
issue
add fuel
chirk up
gladden
charge up
make possible
have a part in
lead on
get to
make up
shake
mobilize
US
reach
switch on
bring back
conjure
multiply
reproduce
spellbind
extort
play a part in
spook
amaze
feed the fire
countenance
accomplish
spirit someone up
condition
organise
UK
cheer up
bid
mobilise
UK
set afoot
call for
put in place
enthrall
US
rout
roust
evince
dynamize
steamroll
transfix
play a role in
milk
bring to mind
squeeze
parent
tell on
bring around
give birth to
overwhelm
try
wheedle
stun
work on
bring up
cause to occur
bring off
be responsible for
cause to happen
juice up
overpower
jazz up
appeal
breathe life into
give birth
power
astound
determine
kill
magnetize
US
put a bomb under
give someone a kick
act as a stimulus to
slay
transport
cook up
start off
bring on oneself
amp up
magnetise
UK
start the ball rolling
whomp up
plead
request
sue
petition for
reawaken
roil
whip something up
sharpen
stir something up
agitate against
implant
plant
lodge
bring something on
call down
deploy
irk
incense
set in
nurse
exasperate
progenerate
afford
open
equal
grill
vex
augment
dig
mother
germinate
resort to
fan the flames
break in
break the ice
sow
work into lather
burn up
get smoking
form
resurrect
juice
chivvy
extend
expand
be a factor in
sow the seeds
imbue
infuse
get in operation
get under way
engineer
open the door for
attain
fluster
upset
activize
ruffle
favour
UK
favor
US
shake up
madden
hurry
dispatch
brace
cheer
act as an incentive to
feed
adjy
anger
give life to
expose
make sensitive
get things rolling
oil the wheels of
carry through
pull off
be partly responsible for
carry off
have the effect of
have as a consequence
have as a result
be the origin of
frighten
zap
predetermine
advise
bring into service
bring into play
remind
crowd
sound
get off the ground
get functioning
get working
endue
infect
beghast
applaud
change position
give the incentive to
spike
impose on
direct
orient
perform
result
seek
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
sustain
support
get something going
fan the fire
stir embers
disinhibit
act as a incentive to
jump-start
start up
grapple
palpate
build a fire under
nourish
lay the foundations of
give impetus
give one an idea
jog memory
discharge
speed
bias
give incentive to
set astir
build
comfort
brighten
enhearten
add fuel to the flames
rapture
elevate
rise and shine
pile out
turn out
knock up
show a leg
roll out
cause to appear
obtain
zip up
put life into
ginger up
require
give
mount
magnify
innerve
redouble
bug
deepen
intensate
shove
gain
satisfy
add fuel to fire
wire
frenzy
take one's breath away
stagger
jar
give someone a charge
take your breath away
surprise
give a buzz
bring round
make willing
impress on
give a boost to
reenforce
assure
revivify
restore
revitalize
US
give a shot in the arm
rap
overjoy
perk up
need
suggest to
shift
prevail
lay the first stone of
kick off
exact
derive
set on foot
wow
trance
carry away
turn
scotch
operate
wrest
manifest
hint to
warrant
encompass
assume
presuppose
let fly
send forth
rabble-rouse
insinuate
hint
devise
get the ball rolling
set the ball rolling
warm
praise
console
tickle pink
echo
impose
wring
design
invent
encapsulate
rekindle
impart
express
capture
ask for it
tug at
draw up
play on
stimulate spiritually
raise your spirits
raise the morale of
prop up
lift the spirits of
give confidence to
boost someone's morale
stiffen the resolve of
give shot in arm
psych up
give hope to
give a shot in the arm to
bield
harass
obligate
be likely to cause
be likely to lead to
excite sexually
incarnate
screw
formulate
embrace
number
subsume
comprehend
contain
make necessary
include
decoy
bait
revitalise
UK
arm-twist
rattle
fetch
bite
badger
evolve
entreat
command
concoct
betray
test
entangle
tangle
muscle
sandbag
worry
dragoon
railroad
make wild
worm out
argue with
sweet-talk
put someone up to something
sell one on
soft-soap
draw in
talk someone into
exert influence on
prod into
coax into
suck in
wheedle into
twist one's arm
cajole into
argue into
project
manufacture
heat up
put muscle on
bring to light
shake down
put the arm on
sensitize
US
sensitise
UK
be grounds for
take in
call out
put one in mind of
remind one of
entrap
train
appeal to
oil
mousetrap
honey
nag
kick
blackjack
dazzle
awe
overawe
overcome
butter up
absorb
play up to
make mouth water
whet the appetite of
fly in the face of
turn one's head
dangle something
make your mouth water
dog
prepare
emerge
lay eggs
flirt with
spitball
put together
come out
brainstorm
think up
trump up
give forth
throw together
break open
leave the door open to
dream up
come up with
engross
cost
score
knock out
register
blow away
faze
leave a mark on
make a hit
buffalo
take someone aback
grandstand
make an impression
be conspicuous
make an impression on
have an impact on
push around
feel admiration
make splash
show off
cut a figure
feel respect
hypnotize
US
mesmerize
US
rivet
engage
occupy
grip
bemuse
witch
busy
enwrap
arrest
bedazzle
immerse
wile
throw down the gauntlet to
enamour
catch up
infatuate
divert
hypnotise
UK
mesmerise
UK
interest greatly
attach
put under a spell
win
hold spellbound
subdue
enamor
ensnare
enslave
more ❯
“Sometimes, it takes a crisis to
provoke
change.”
Verb
▲
To stimulate or incite (someone) to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger in them
goad
incite
spur
badger
drive
hound
impel
move
prompt
rouse
stimulate
stir
challenge
coerce
excite
force
harass
induce
inflame
motivate
nudge
press
pressure
pressurise
UK
pressurize
US
prick
prod
sting
trigger
urge
bully
dragoon
encourage
goose
inspire
instigate
needle
whip
roust
sic
titillate
egg on
work up
fire up
key up
push
hassle
sound
rowel
put up to
propel
foment
“Green was actually responding to an interrogation that was meant to
provoke
him into uttering nonsense.”
Verb
▲
To bring about or cause something to happen
effect
achieve
accomplish
carry out
conduct
enact
realise
UK
realize
US
attain
enforce
execute
implement
bring off
carry off
carry through
launch
engineer
perform
administer
bring about
organise
UK
organize
US
perpetrate
make
fulfil
UK
complete
fix
consummate
do
cause
effectuate
bring
administrate
finalise
UK
finalize
US
pull off
generate
initiate
manage
put in place
contrive
create
discharge
fulfill
US
produce
succeed in
arrange for
call forth
finish
give rise to
occasion
bring to pass
conclude
originate
render
set up
actuate
engender
precipitate
start
cause to happen
cause to occur
make happen
wreak
run
kindle
beget
breed
bring on
catalyse
UK
catalyze
US
draw on
induce
invoke
prompt
spawn
work
yield
actualize
begin
put across
result in
translate into
turn out
turn the trick
secure
bring forth
incite
compass
succeed
lead to
end in
negotiate
follow through with
put through
bring to fruition
prosecute
commit
act out
clinch
score
observe
reach
go through with
apply
deliver on
notch up
follow through on
finish off
deal with
build
earn
transact
procure
fashion
act upon
construct
put into action
fabricate
meet
acquire
form
get done
land
assemble
forge
wrap up
hit
shape
put into effect
model
put into practice
bring to completion
take care of
perfect
mould
UK
make it
manufacture
get there
take care of business
mold
US
see through
chalk up
clock up
arrive at
put together
throw together
pursue
dispose of
win
polish off
follow
dispatch
satisfy
bag
strike
conquer
seize
carry to completion
net
swing
cut
deliver the goods
frame
have
acquit oneself of
compose
pull something off
come through
deliver
survive
cast
concoct
gain
do the trick
put into operation
follow through
carve
sew up
synthesize
US
do justice to
make good on
rack up
erect
invent
knock off
synthesise
UK
make it through
engage in
get through
hammer out
structure
trigger
acquit
affect
act on
work out
establish
undergo
undertake
nail
actionize
tackle
follow up on
set off
see to
exercise
operate
work on
exhibit
give
bring something off
tick
start in on
action
take action on
stand by
abide by
bring to the end
take
transgress
employ
enable
reify
put in force
act
practice
US
practise
UK
incarnate
be responsible for
be to blame for
be guilty of
be engaged in
wind up
make real
impose
found
process
go that route
make concrete
materialise
UK
reorganize
US
materialize
US
reorganise
UK
corporealize
provide the means for
follow up
follow out
run with the ball
do to a turn
devise
sculpt
hew
stamp
make good
mop up
prefabricate
make a reality
scheme
outline
set
project
cook up
block out
plot
plan
pattern
trace
design
mass-produce
mass produce
prefab
mill
fudge together
cobble
machine
tool
get
stage
present
grasp
honour
UK
obtain
hack
wrest
honor
US
snag
gather
play out
capture
put on
get someplace
live up to
nail it
latch onto
reap
put over
do the job
sail through
receive
keep faith with
fulfill one's potential
make hay
be true to
pick up
collect
put the tin lid on
do a bang-up job
put it over
do one proud
earn wings
come by
derive
do to a T
wangle
pot
garner
scoop
harvest
nab
hook
collar
log
draw
cop
glean
carry
be given
be awarded
clear
advance
walk off with
knock down
bring in
enlist
come away with
pull down
build up
get hold of
annexe
UK
ring up
annex
US
walk away with
ameliorate
craft
knock out
piece together
patch together
bring into existence
whip out
put up
fit together
develop
rustle up
cobble up
sculpture
knock together
eke out
constitute
cobble together
confect
hatch
churn out
rig up
more ❯
Verb
▲
Bring upon oneself
incur
experience
suffer
sustain
earn
induce
arouse
collect
gain
meet with
attract
cause
draw
invite
run up
acquire
catch
contract
deserve
encounter
get
obtain
occasion
bring on
bring upon oneself
bring upon yourself
expose oneself to
give rise to
lay oneself open to
be liable to
be subjected to
be subject to
bring down on
come in for
expose yourself to
lay yourself open to
endure
receive
bear
undergo
have
feel
go through
fall into
welcome
make
find
be afflicted with
be affected by
become indebted with
become liable to pay
become liable to
become subject to
face
taste
witness
know
run into
live through
have experience of
be faced with
come up against
come into contact with
be forced to contend with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To offend the moral feelings of
shock
appal
UK
horrify
outrage
disgust
offend
revolt
stun
nauseate
scandalise
UK
scandalize
US
sicken
agitate
astound
disquiet
jolt
rock
stagger
traumatise
UK
traumatize
US
unsettle
amaze
astonish
disconcert
repel
shake
startle
surprise
upset
distress
disturb
dumbfound
floor
bewilder
daze
discompose
displease
perturb
stupefy
throw
unnerve
appall
US
dismay
dumfound
flabbergast
jar
paralyse
UK
abash
anger
antagonise
UK
antagonize
US
overcome
overwhelm
awe
devastate
electrify
insult
numb
paralyze
US
thunderstrike
bowl over
give offence to
shake up
take aback
gross out
knock out
raise someone's eyebrows
throw a curve
completely surprise
knock for six
set someone back on their heels
shake out of your complacency
give a turn
give someone a turn
hit like ton of bricks
take the wind out of your sails
confound
knock sideways
nonplus
surprize
confuse
blow away
strike dumb
perplex
alarm
stop someone in their tracks
leave open-mouthed
faze
daunt
knock for a loop
frighten
scare
take by surprise
shatter
knock the stuffing out of
rattle
leave aghast
bemuse
puzzle
flummox
throw off balance
benumb
consternate
terrify
petrify
render speechless
get to
overpower
crush
discomfit
affect
dazzle
boggle
catch off balance
impress
put off
dishearten
demoralize
US
intimidate
touch
move
baffle
fluster
bother
demoralise
UK
affront
mystify
embarrass
distract
muddle
befuddle
knock over
take someone's breath away
blow one's mind
hit like a ton of bricks
put the wind up someone
blunt
dull
chill
trouble
hebetate
pother
worry
affright
strike
depress
stump
bowl someone over
discountenance
repulse
fog
hit
greatly upset
unhinge
spring something on
put one away
addle
disorder
turn off
discombobulate
afflict
reluct
make someone sick
be repugnant to
throw into a tizzy
make sick
take your breath away
knock over with feather
boggle the mind
turn your stomach
dissatisfy
overawe
knock down with a feather
annoy
take someone by surprise
make someone's hair stand on end
bedaze
poleax
delight
galvanize
US
knock your socks off
galvanise
UK
gobsmack
unstring
stir up
disorientate
disorient
cause wonder
befog
deaden
strike with awe
blur
dizzy
fuddle
fill with wonder
fill with amazement
throw a curveball
spring on
take one's breath away
harrow
knock props out
make speechless
put away
oppress
swamp
whelm
prostrate
overmaster
mix up
break someone's heart
make waves
bring around
boggle someone's mind
defeat
distress greatly
stir
mortify
ruffle
freeze
damp
cauterize
US
dampen
throw for a loop
beat
snow under
grind down
take someone aback
put out of action
put out of countenance
put out
put someone off his stride
rattle one's cage
psych out
make nervous
turn
turn one's stomach
make someone feel nauseous
make your gorge rise
make someone want to throw up
derange
take breath away
give a shock
spellbind
anaesthetize
UK
cumber
knock the stuffing out of someone
besot
make emotional
fox
conquer
wilder
buffalo
overthrow
knock senseless
obfuscate
pose
gravel
maze
wreck
leave speechless
sweep someone off their feet
run circles around
hit for six
subordinate
steamroller
destroy
kill
do in
downgrade
make your hair stand on end
anesthetize
US
cauterise
UK
flatten
ground
cause to be at a stand
make someone scratch their head
bring up short
be all Greek to
lay low
sadden
discourage
concern
dispirit
hurt
unman
panic
dash
disappoint
hagride
disillusion
alarum
frazzle
frustrate
distemper
undo
discomfort
ail
exercise
flurry
fuss
spook
vex
psych
chagrin
derail
disenchant
disgruntle
snafu
let down
terrorize
US
weird out
freak out
terrorise
UK
affect badly
smear
calumniate
make suffer
disadvantage
foul up
screw up
mess up
fill with consternation
louse up
muck up
dishonor
US
backbite
revile
decry
traduce
blackguard
condemn
disparage
asperse
belie
dishonour
UK
blackball
vilify
malign
deprecate
slander
disgrace
lampoon
bad-mouth
detract
belittle
denigrate
libel
defame
impact on
impinge on
knock back
leave a mark
make an impact
leave a mark on
raise eyebrows amongst
cause raised eyebrows
pain
crawl
be offensive to
make someone feel sick
be repulsive to
make shudder
cause offence to
turn stomach
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
make your flesh creep
make flesh crawl
give you the creeps
more ❯
Verb
▲
Invite to do battle
throw down the gauntlet
ask for trouble
call out
challenge
confront
contest
cross swards
dare
defy
do something about it
invite to debate
knock the chip off one's shoulder
meet face to face
stand up to
start something
face
beard
brave
resist
oppose
outface
outbrave
brazen
breast
withstand
flout
scorn
make my day
square up to
meet head-on
front
disregard
disobey
spurn
contemn
stick fast
rebel
repulse
fly in face of
deride
gibe
stick
ridicule
take a stand against
venture
outdare
take one on
despise
hurl defiance at
hold out against
hang tough
treat with contempt
slight
put up a fight against
call someone's bluff
take on
insult
tackle
accost
approach
assault
attack
meet
detain
encounter
waylay
nobble
collar
stop
halt
cope with
go one-on-one
take aside
threaten
antagonise
UK
call one's bluff
tell off
face off
brazen out
affront
face up to
come face to face with
face with
meet eyeball-to-eyeball
deal with
face down
come up against
repel
go up against
antagonize
US
endure
bear
suffer
take
handle
fight
risk
tolerate
sustain
cross
stomach
stand
swallow
court
be confronted by
grapple with
weather
put up with
stick out
sit through
undergo
resign oneself to
subject oneself to
brace oneself for
meet head on
go through
stand fast
stand up against
grin and bear
bear the brunt of
ride out
prevail against
live through
brave out
fly in the face of
sit and take it
square off against
live out
be patient with
engage
experience
battle
eyeball
countenance
play
brook
allow
abide
brace for
contend with
submit to
play against
square off
make a stand
bit the bullet
be drawn against
take the bull by the horns
more ❯
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