All 7 Uses of
provoke
in
Through the Looking-Glass
- A little provoked, she drew back, and after looking everywhere for the queen (whom she spied out at last, a long way off), she thought she would try the plan, this time, of walking in the opposite direction.†
Chpt 2provoked = caused (a reaction)
- 'And this one is the most provoking of all—but I'll tell you what—' she added, as a sudden thought struck her, 'I'll follow it up to the very top shelf of all.†
Chpt 5provoking = causing (a reaction)
- 'And it certainly DID seem a little provoking ('almost as if it happened on purpose,' she thought) that, though she managed to pick plenty of beautiful rushes as the boat glided by, there was always a more lovely one that she couldn't reach.†
Chpt 5
- 'It's VERY provoking,' Humpty Dumpty said after a long silence, looking away from Alice as he spoke, 'to be called an egg--VERY!'
Chpt 6 *provoking = irritating (causing an angry reaction)
- 'It is a—MOST—PROVOKING—thing,' he said at last, 'when a person doesn't know a cravat from a belt!'†
Chpt 6provoking = causing (a reaction)
- 'It's very provoking!' she said, in reply to the Lion (she was getting quite used to being called 'the Monster').†
Chpt 7
- But the provoking kitten only began on the other paw, and pretended it hadn't heard the question.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
to cause a reaction — often an emotional reaction like anger, and sometimes done on purpose