What does provocate mean?
Provocate means (now nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) To provoke..
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/pɹəˈvɒk.eɪt/ · verb
(now nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) To provoke..
The movie called It is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse But the Society In Which He Lives was a provocating movie. It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights. But when you look at it now it is full of hate. And it was OK, in a way, to provocate, but it was not done with a lovely touch.
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Provocate means (now nonstandard and non-native speakers' English) To provoke..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The movie called It is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse But the Society In Which He Lives was a provocating movie. It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights. But when you look at it now it is full of hate. And it was OK, in a way, to provocate, but it was not done with a lovely touch.
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