to kindle at an insult
21provoke — Synonyms and related words: abet, abrade, activate, affect the interest, affront, agent provocateur, aggravate, agitate, alienate, amplify, anger, animate, annoy, answer back, antagonize, arouse, attract, augment, awaken, badger, bait, be at,… …
22pique — v 1. irritate, annoy, irk, vex, peeve, nettle, chafe, Chiefly U.S. rile, Inf. aggravate, Inf. miff, Inf. give [s.o.] a pain, Inf. get under [s.o. s] skin, Inf. get in [s.o. s] hair, Sl. bug; exasperate, ruffle, roil, disturb, perturb, disquiet,… …
23provoke — v 1. anger, incense, huff, enrage, infuriate, madden, outrage, raise [s.o. s] ire, make [s.o. s] blood boil; exasperate, exacerbate, defy, disquiet, discompose, distress, ruffle, roil, pique, chafe, vex, gall, envenom, grate, put out, try [s.o.… …
24provoke — [v1] make angry abet, abrade, affront, aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, bug*, chafe, enrage, exasperate, exercise, foment, fret, gall*, get*, get on one’s nerves*, get under one’s skin*, grate, hit where one lives*, incense, incite, inflame,… …
25pro|vok´er — pro|voke «pruh VOHK», transitive verb, voked, vok|ing. 1. to make angry; vex: »She provoked him by her teasing. SYNONYM(S): exasperate, nettle. See syn. under irritate. (Cf. ↑irritate) …
26pro|voke — «pruh VOHK», transitive verb, voked, vok|ing. 1. to make angry; vex: »She provoked him by her teasing. SYNONYM(S): exasperate, nettle. See syn. under irritate. (Cf. ↑irritate) …
