• (a.) Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Provoke Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/provoking/
Pro·vok'ing adjective Having the power or quality of exciting resentment; tending to awaken passion or vexation; as, provoking words or treatment. -- Pro*vok'ing*ly , adverb Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/184