Provocation
Provocation noun - Something that arouses a strong response from another.
Slight and provocation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead a noun "Provocation".
Slight
Slight noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.
Provocation and slight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Provocation" instead a noun "Slight".
How words are described
| particular | particular provocation | particular slight |
| real | real provocation | real slight |
| deliberate | deliberate provocation | deliberate slight |
| minor | minor provocation | minor slight |
| Other adjectives: smallest, tiniest, previous, imagined. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- There is the slight matter of this being a case of Men and Women are warring SPECIES and (In general...) each thinks the other is going to do horrible horrible things to them at the slightest provocation.
Source: Unprovoked Pervert Payback - Faux Affably Evil: Scythe Iniuria, one of Kitty's OC co-riffers, who frequently degrades humans as a species and will gleefully discuss murdering them at any slight provocation.
Source: Website / Library Of The Damned -
Bando from Elfen Lied has almost no redeeming features, being a Jerkass Blood Knight who kills either for fun or revenge and beats up people for any slight provocation.
Source: Morality Pet
Cite this Source
Slight and Provocation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/provocation/slight
Provocation & Slight. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/provocation/slight>.
Slight or Provocation. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/provocation/slight.
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