provoked

Meanings

Verb

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• evoke or provoke to appear or occur
  • "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"
• provide the needed stimulus for
• annoy continually or chronically
• simple past and past participle of provoke

Adjective Satellite

• incited, especially deliberately, to anger
  • "the provoked animal attacked the child"

Synonyms

aggravated, arouse, beset, call forth, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, harass, harry, hassle, kick up, kindle, molest, plague, provoke, raise, stimulate