provoked

Definition of Provoked in English :

1. aggravated, provoked

incited, especially deliberately, to anger

Example Sentences:
'aggravated by passive resistance'
'the provoked animal attacked the child'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Provoked

verb (transitive)

1.

to anger or infuriate

2.

to cause to act or behave in a certain manner; incite or stimulate

3.

to promote (certain feelings, esp anger, indignation, etc) in a person

4. obsolete

to summon

verb transitiveWord forms: proˈvoked or proˈvoking

1.

to excite to some action or feeling

2.

to anger, irritate, or annoy

3.

to stir up (action or feeling)

4.

to call forth; evoke

to provoke a smile

tr.v. pro·voked, pro·vok·ing, pro·vokes

1. To incite to anger or resentment: taunts that provoked their rivals.

2. To stir to action or feeling: a remark that provoked me to reconsider.

3. To give rise to; bring about: a miscue that provoked laughter; news that provoked an uproar.

4. To bring about deliberately; induce: provoke a fight.