different between dissatisfy vs provoke
dissatisfy
English
Etymology
dis- +? satisfy
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s?sæt?sfa?/
Verb
dissatisfy (third-person singular simple present dissatisfies, present participle dissatisfying, simple past and past participle dissatisfied)
- To fail to satisfy; to displease.
Related terms
- dissatisfaction
dissatisfy From the web:
- what dissatisfied customers want most
- what does dissatisfied mean
- what dissatisfied customer
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- what the dissatisfied broadcaster may do
- what is dissatisfied person
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provoke
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French provoquer, from Old French, from Latin pr?voc?re. Doublet of provocate.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /p???v??k/
- (US) IPA(key): /p???vo?k/
- Rhymes: -??k
Verb
provoke (third-person singular simple present provokes, present participle provoking, simple past and past participle provoked)
- (transitive) To cause someone to become annoyed or angry.
- Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath.
- (transitive) To bring about a reaction.
- 1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton
- To the poet the meaning is what he pleases to make it, what it provokes in his own soul.
- 1881, John Burroughs, Pepacton
- (obsolete) To appeal.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (bring about a reaction): bring about, discompose, egg on, engender, evoke, grill, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, invoke, rouse, set off, stir up, whip up; see also Thesaurus:incite
Derived terms
- provocation
- provocative
Related terms
- evoke
- invoke
- provocateur
- revoke
Translations
provoke From the web:
- what provoked the march revolution
- what provokes romeo to speak aloud
- what provoked the attack on fort sumter
- what provoked shays rebellion
- what provoked the third crusade
- what provokes an attack of opportunity 5e
- what provoke means
- what provoked the mexican american war
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