Emotions

Synonyms for provoking

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampEmotions

causing or tending to cause anger or resentment

A provoking delay at the airport.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

agitating

Same sentence, swapped: A agitating delay at the airport.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for provoking as it is used in the sentence above.

intoxicating
tickling
urgent

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Closest first: other emotions words at High Camp, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

unbiasedadjectiveindifferentcharacterized by a lack of partialityHigh Camp upliftverbintoxicatefill with high spiritsHigh Camp wildnessnounabandona feeling of extreme emotional intensityHigh Camp astonishmentnounamazementthe feeling that accompanies something extremely surprisingHigh CampHas a reason line avidadjectivegreedyardently or excessively desirousRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line blitheadjectivelightheartedcarefree and happy and lightheartedHigh Camp steepverbinfuselet sit in a liquid to extract a flavor or to cleanseHigh CampHas a reason line sterileadjectiveuninspireddeficient in originality or creativityHigh Camp2 sensesHas a reason line

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