Provokes - Crossword Clue

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Provokes.

7 letter answer(s) to provokes

AROUSES
  1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
  2. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
  3. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
  4. stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
  5. stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
  6. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  7. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
INCITES
  1. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"
  2. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"
  3. urge on; cause to act; "The other children egged the boy on, but he did not want to throw the stone through the window"
MADDENS
  1. cause to go crazy; cause to lose one's mind
  2. drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
  3. make mad; "His behavior is maddening"

4 letter answer(s) to provokes

IRES
  1. a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
  2. Anger
  3. belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)

5 letter answer(s) to provokes

RILES
  1. annoying
  2. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations;
  3. Irritate; provoke
  4. make turbid by stirring up the sediments of
  5. Upset
STIRS
  1. a prominent or sensational but short-lived news event; "he made a great splash and then disappeared"
  2. a rapid active commotion
  3. affect emotionally; "A stirring movie"; "I was touched by your kind letter of sympathy"
  4. agitate
  5. emotional agitation and excitement
  6. mix or add by stirring; "Stir nuts into the dough"
  7. move an implement through; "stir the soup"; "stir my drink"; "stir the soil"
  8. move very slightly; "He shifted in his seat"
  9. Slang term for prison, in UK
  10. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
  11. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
  12. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
  13. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sle

6 letter answer(s) to provokes

STEAMS
  1. clean by means of steaming; "steam-clean the upholstered sofa"
  2. cook something by letting steam pass over it; "just steam the vegetables"
  3. emit steam; "The rain forest was literally steaming"
  4. get very angry; "her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man"
  5. rise as vapor
  6. Sees red
  7. travel by means of steam power; "The ship steamed off into the Pacific"
  8. water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere

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