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provoking

/pɹəvˈoʊkɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables
pro-vok-ing
IPA
/pɹəvˈoʊkɪŋ/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of provoke

adj

annoying; irritating

noun

provocation

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more provoking (comparative) most provoking (superlative) provokings (plural)

Derived Forms

provokingly provokingness unprovoking

Phrases

thought-provoking

Synonyms

agitative agitating

Rhymes With

smoking non-smoking joking choking soaking poking stroking invoking evoking revoking cloaking coking

Questions

How do you pronounce provoking?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɹəvˈoʊkɪŋ/.
What does provoking mean?
present participle and gerund of provoke

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