provocation
nounHow many syllables in provocation?
There are 4 syllables in the word provocation.How to pronounce provocation:
Definition of provocation:
- provocation (noun):
- the act of provoking incitement
- the act of provoking or inciting
- unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment.
Synonyms for provocation:
aggravation
aggression
aggro
casus belli
cause
encouragement
excitement
grounds
incentive
incitation
incitement
inducement
instigation
irritation
justification
motivation
reason
stimulant
stimulation
stimulus
taunt
taunting
twit
Antonyms for provocation:
abatement
allaying
alleviation
appeasement
assuagement
calming
conciliation
easement
easing
lulling
mitigation
mollification
pacification
palliation
placation
propitiation
reconciliation
relief
relieving
respite
soothing
Here are some other common 4-syllable words.
- protuberance
- protozoa
- propitiation
- propaganda
- pronunciate
- promulgation
- prohibited
- professorship
- probiotics
- proactivo
- privileges
- primary school
- presidio
- preoccupy
- prejudices
- prehistoric
- precocious
- practitioner
- potentially
- potassium
- postgraduate
- posterity
- post meridiem
- positioning
- poriferans
- populations
- popularised
- polytrophic
- polytheism
- polynesian
- polonius
- politicize
- podiatry
- pneumatophore
- plumeria
- planetary
- pizzeria
- pituitary
- phylactery
- phylacteries
- photography
- philosopher
- philocalist
- philippians
- pettifogging
- personified
- periwinkle
- perishable
- pequeno
- penetrating
- … more
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Words like 'Wednesday' and 'February' often have their middle syllables reduced or dropped in casual speech, showing syllable elision.
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