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Synonyms for provoking
adj vexingMore words related to provoking
bitter
adjective. painful, distressing
crisp
adjective. short, curt in presentation
disturbing
adjective. disquieting
- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
engrossing
adjective. very interesting
galling
adjective. very upsetting
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