provocation :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

Nouns (5)

incitement

n. needed encouragement; "the result was a provocation of vigorous investigation"

aggravation, irritation

n. unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

incitation, incitement

n. something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

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Fuzzynyms (10)

daring, dare

n. a challenge to do something dangerous or foolhardy; "he could never refuse a dare"

twitting, taunt, taunting

n. aggravation by deriding or mocking or criticizing

motivation, motive, need

n. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives"

inducement, incentive

n. a positive motivational influence

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