词汇 | provokingly |
释义 | provokingly adverb literaryuk /prəˈvəʊ.kɪŋ.li/ us /prəˈvoʊ.kɪŋ.li/ in a way that is intended to be annoying: "You haven't changed, I see," remarked Ethel provokingly. He found the English provokingly lacking in curiosity about other nations. He provokingly refused to accept this joke as an insult. She was sometimes provokingly unwilling to complete her manual labours. I soon grew tired of studying them, as they appeared so provokingly mindless, and heartless, and artificial. He had certainly behaved provokingly, but it was nobody else's business. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure aggravate aggrieve alienate anger annoy bend give someone the shitsidiom go too faridiom goat grate hack someone off nark rub rub someone up the wrong wayidiom ruffle ruffle someone's feathersidiom set someone's teeth on edgeidiom tit tooth troll Related wordprovoking |
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