Bible Dictionaries
Provoking

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provoke

(2):

(a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Provoking'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/provoking.html. 1828.