All 4 Uses of
provocation
in
Pygmalion
- Excuse the expression, ma'am: you'd use it yourself if you had my provocation†
Act 5 *provocation = something that causes a reaction--especially anger or violence OR the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
- I never gave her the slightest provocation.†
Act 5
- I was brought up to be just like him, unable to control myself, and using bad language on the slightest provocation.†
Act 5
- She snaps his head off on the faintest provocation, or on none.†
Act 5
Definition:
actions that cause a reaction--especially anger or violence
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction
or:
the act of causing an angry or violent reaction