Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: provoking
IPA transcription: [pɹəv'oʊkɪŋ]
Pronunciations of provoking
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: agitative, agitating, provoking
    Meaning: causing or tending to cause anger or resentment; "a provoking delay at the airport"
Usage examples
  • How very provoking!
  • "My dear," said he to his lady, "it is very provoking that we should be so few.
  • She leaves me with an incredulous smile, and that most provoking phrase, "O yes!
  • He maintained a good deal of reserve, answering if addressed, but never provoking a reply.
  • "Was it not too provoking, papa?" exclaimed Elsie, as she followed him into his room on their return from their walk.
  • 'And this one is the most provoking of all--but I'll tell you what--' she added, as a sudden thought struck her, 'I'll follow it up to the very top shelf of all.
  • Only I couldn't quite reach it.' 'And it certainly DID seem a little provoking ('almost as if it happened on purpose,' she thought) that, though she managed to pick plenty of beautiful rushes as the boat glided by, there was always a more lovely one that she couldn't reach.
  • The young king then was, as we have seen, a prey to a double excitement; and he said to himself as he looked in a glass, "O king!--king by name, and not in fact;--phantom, vain phantom art thou!--inert statue, which has no other power than that of provoking salutations from courtiers, when wilt thou be able to raise thy velvet arm, or clench thy silken hand?
  • Between amusement and pique he continued to stare while the elderly American recovered his breath and De Morbihan jabbered on with unfailing vivacity; and he thought that this closer scrutiny discovered in her face contours suggesting maturity of thought beyond her apparent years--which were somewhat less than the sum of Lanyard's--and with this the suggestion of an elusive, provoking quality of wistful languor, a hint of patient melancholy....
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Martin Luther, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Social anxiety, License CC BY-SA 4.0