Causing irritation; specifically; tending to produce physical irritation
1. Tending to craze
2. Tending to infuriate
3. Tending to vex; irritating
ETYM Latin provocativus: cf. Old Fren. provocatif.
1. Exciting sexual desire.
2. Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate.
In an infuriating manner, in a manner which angers or enrages
In an irritating way, in an annoying manner, in an aggravating manner
In a maddening manner, infuriatingly, provokingly