及物动词

1. 挑衅；煽动；激怒；刺激
If you provoke someone, you deliberately annoy them and try to make them behave aggressively.

2. 激起；引起
If something provokes a reaction, it causes it.

1. provide the needed stimulus for

Synonym: stimulate

2. evoke or provoke to appear or occur

e.g. Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple

Synonym: evokecall forthkick up

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

e.g. arouse pity
raise a smile
evoke sympathy

Synonym: arouseelicitenkindlekindleevokefireraise

4. annoy continually or chronically

e.g. He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked
This man harasses his female co-workers

Synonym: harasshassleharrychivychivvychevychevvybesetplaguemolest