Provoke

Definition

provoke /prǝ'vǝƱk/ v ၁။ (က) စသည္။ ရန္စသည္။ 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 တြန္းပို႔ေပးသည္။ ဆြေပးသည္။ His selfish behaviour finally provoked her into leaving him. ❍ He was provoked by their repeated questioning to say more than he had intended. ၂။ တံု႔ျပန္မႈ တစ္စံုတစ္ရာ ျဖစ္ေပၚေစသည္။ provoke laughter/ riots/ smiles/ violence ❍ His speech provoked an angry reaction/ response from the crowd. ❏ provoking adj ( dated or fml ) အသည္းယားစရာ။ စိတ္ပ်က္စရာ။ It is very provoking of her to be so late. See also THOUGHT- PROVOKING

Examples

1. He’s just trying to provoke you.
2. [provoke someone into doing something] : She couldn’t provoke him into arguing.
3. [provoke a reaction/response] : The Minister’s speech has provoked a furious reaction.
4. [provoke outrage/hostility] : Her decision to leave her child provoked outrage.