शब्दकोश में "उकसाना" शब्द की परिभाषा झुंझलाहट, क्रोध, या किसी अन्य तीव्र प्रतिक्रिया का कारण बन रही है, विशेष रूप से जानबूझकर। इसका मतलब किसी विशेष भावना या प्रतिक्रिया को उत्तेजित करना या उत्तेजित करना भी हो सकता है।
Maybe it was Miguel after all, trying to mess with her by provoking the animals.
It was also a test of mental endurance, because each piece reminded Cianne of times spent with her mother, provoking memories both painful and so exquisitely happy as to render them painful as well.
The one she had just heard was particularly thought provoking.
Blind Eyes Become Open I have seen more of you of late to my disliking are you confined to judging a man by the hue of his skin without knowing him unkind words rankle as gaping wounds provoking opponents of your sworn beliefs while love of enmity is used to disguise the contempt you have for yourself ignorance is the pillar you grasp a wall you have built separating you from them and them from you aiding false perceptions and beguiling views understanding carries a person to a place where there are not many blind eyes become open when they walk in the shoes of the ones they oppose Words I often wonder if others relate to my tireless rants, delight in my pleasures, or perhaps share my truths.
There was something extremely provoking in this obstinately pacific system it left Brom no alternative but to draw upon the funds of rustic waggery in his disposition, and to play off boorish practical jokes upon his rival.
de Morcerf, and that of the whole House, he proposed to defend, by provoking a debate on personal questions, which are always such painful themes of discussion.
Young and old women held children on their laps, some singing softly, others teasing, provoking sudden high shrieks of laughter that made the armed men at the windows frown at them.
She broke away from his mouth so that she could kiss his neck, provoking a low groan of pleasure from him.
He felt the disappointment of the young man, and was mortified to have been the means of promoting it, by the sanction he had given and the part which he was persuaded Emma had taken in the affair, was provoking him exceedingly.