provocation
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment
Types & categories
- aggression hypernym
- aggro hyponym
- last straw hyponym
- taunt hyponym
Related & opposite
- devil derivation
- hassle derivation
- exasperate derivation
Sense 2 noun
something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action
Types & categories
- psychic energy hypernym
- signal hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
needed encouragement
the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation
Types & categories
- encouragement hypernym
- subornation hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | devil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | hassle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | exasperate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | aggression |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aggro |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | last straw |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | taunt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | provoke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | instigate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | egg on |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | call forth |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | arouse |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | psychic energy |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | signal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | provoke |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | prompt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | encouragement |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | subornation |