provoke
/prəˈvəʊk/
US pronunciation
American sound/prəˈvəʊk/
prəˈvəʊk
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
prə - ˈvəʊk -> provoke
Myanmar meaning
(v) ရန်စသည်။
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၁။ (က) စသည်။ ရန်စသည်။ I am not easily provoked, but this behaviour is intolerable! ❍ If you provoke the dog, it will attack you.
(ခ) ~ sb into doing sth/ to do sth တွန်းပို့ပေးသည်။ ဆွပေးသည်။ His selfish behaviour finally provoked her into leaving him. ❍ He was provoked by their repeated questioning to say more than he had intended.
၂။ တုံ့ပြန်မှု တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်စေသည်။ provoke laughter/ riots/ smiles/ violence ❍ His speech provoked an angry reaction/ response from the crowd.
❏ provoking adj (dated or fml ) အသည်းယားစရာ။ စိတ်ပျက်စရာ။ It is very provoking of her to be so late. See also THOUGHT- PROVOKING
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Synonyms
incite, aggravate, hassle, needle, goad, irritate, inflame, rouse, whip up, abet, abrade, activate, affront, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, awaken, bait, begin, bestir, bother, bring about, bring down, bring on, bring to one's feet, bug, build up, call forth, cause, chafe, challenge, draw forth, electrify, elicit, enrage, enthuse, evoke; stimulate, exasperate, excite, exercise, fire, fire up, foment, fret, gall, galvanize, generate, get, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin, give rise to, grate, hit where one lives, incense, induce, infuriate, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, insult, irk, kindle, lead to, madden, make, make angry, make blood boil, make waves, motivate, move, nag, niggle, occasion, offend, perturb, pique, precipitate, prime, produce, promote, prompt, put out, quicken, raise, rally, rile, roil, roust, ruffle, set, set on, start, stir, suscitate, thrill, titillate, titivate, trigger, try one's patience, upset, vex, waken, whet, work into lather, work up
Antonyms
aid, alleviate, appease, assuage, bore, calm, comfort, compliment, deaden, delight, demote, depress, destroy, deter, discourage, disenchant, dishearten, dissuade, dull, end, fail, gratify, halt, help, hinder, ignore, lose, make happy, pacify, placate, please, prevent, put out, ruin, soothe, stop, wait, weaken
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