All 7 Uses
provoke
in
Jane Eyre
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- Don't start when I chance to speak rather sharply; it's so provoking.†
p. 47.7provoking = causing (a reaction)
- This is all very provoking to Miss Scatcherd, who is naturally neat, punctual, and particular.†
p. 67.4 *
- "I was not dreaming," I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me.†
p. 180.3provoked = caused (a reaction)
- "How provoking!" exclaimed Miss Ingram: "you tiresome monkey!"†
p. 220.4provoking = causing (a reaction)
- He continued to send for me punctually the moment the clock struck seven; though when I appeared before him now, he had no such honeyed terms as "love" and "darling" on his lips: the best words at my service were "provoking puppet,"†
p. 315.9
- Look wicked, Jane: as you know well how to look: coin one of your wild, shy, provoking smiles; tell me you hate me — tease me, vex me; do anything but move me: I would rather be incensed than saddened.†
p. 325.4
- I thought Diana very provoking, and felt uncomfortably confused; and while I was thus thinking and feeling, St. John bent his head; his Greek face was brought to a level with mine, his eyes questioned my eyes piercingly — he kissed me.†
p. 459.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(provoke) to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)