Crossword-Solution: PROVOCATION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Provocation | n. | The act of provoking, or causing vexation or, anger. |
| Provocation | n. | That which provokes, or excites anger; the cause of resentment; as, to give provocation. |
| Provocation | n. | Incitement; stimulus; as, provocation to mirth. |
| Provocation | n. | Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress. |
| Provocation | n. | An appeal to a court. [A Latinism] |
We have 22 clues for the answer “PROVOCATION”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ACTUATION | 3 answers |
| Apt title for this puzzle | 8 answers |
| Prompting | 10 answers |
| impulsion | 11 answers |
| instigation | 12 answers |
| Exasperation | 17 answers |
| excitation | 22 answers |
| Catalyst | 23 answers |
| irritability | 30 answers |
| Botheration | 32 answers |
| Incitement. | 34 answers |
| Stimulus | 39 answers |
| goading | 55 answers |
| Irritation | 58 answers |
| Goad | 63 answers |
| Inducement | 64 answers |
| Impetus | 64 answers |
| Incentive | 65 answers |
| CALL out | 67 answers |
| dare | 67 answers |
| Inspiration | 71 answers |
| Anger | 94 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with PROVOCATION (5)
But there is no one thing which men so rarely do, whatever the provocation or inducement, as to bequeath patrimonial property away from their own blood.
Ostensibly it was but an implement of his calling; but the girl could never free herself of the conviction that it would require less provocation to witness it put to other and less harmless uses.
Sometimes he almost abandoned it for he found himself time and again wondering how slight might be the provocation necessary to trick him into making a bona-fide offer of marriage to Meriem if he permitted himself to fall more deeply in love with her, and it was difficult to see her daily and not love her.
She had eaten the meal that had been brought her by Mohammed Beyd’s Negro slave—a meal of cassava cakes and a nondescript stew in which a new-killed monkey, a couple of squirrels and the remains of a zebra, slain the previous day, were impartially and unsavorily combined; but the one-time Baltimore belle had long since submerged in the stern battle for existence, an estheticism which formerly revolted at much slighter provocation.
Bankruptcy must inevitably have come of this young Pagan, in Lombard-street, London, and also of a curtained alcove in the rear of the immortal boy, and also of a looking-glass let into the wall, and also of clerks not at all old, who danced in public on the slightest provocation.
Quotes with PROVOCATION (3)
Remember, it is not enough to be hit or insulted to be harmed, you must believe that you are being harmed. If someone succeeds in provoking you, realize that your mind is complicit in the provocation. Which is why it is essential that we not respond impulsively to impressions; take a moment before reacting, and you will find it easier to maintain control.
There are times... when we are in the midst of life-moments of confrontation with birth or death, or moments of beauty when nature or love is fully revealed, or moments of terrible loneliness-times when a holy and awesome awareness comes upon us. It may come as deep inner stillness or as a rush of overflowing emotion. It may seem to come from beyond us, without any provocation, or from within us, evoked by music or by a sleeping child. If we open our hearts at such moments, c…
Anger is very deadly. It leads to intolerance and this causes depression. I have discovered people who are temperamental need help so they can overcome such challenges. Running away from challenges doesn't help but confronting the challenges. In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher. If you must learn how to control your anger, you must practice it by being around those who usually provoke you the most. How you respond to their provocation should be rated…
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2016).