provoked

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
provoke/prəˈvəʊk/

▶verb

• 1 stimulate (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone.

• 2 deliberately annoy or anger.

  ■ incite to do or feel something, especially by arousing anger.

– derivatives
provokable adjective,
provoker noun,
provoking adjective,
provokingly adverb.

– origin ME: from OFr. provoquer, from L. provocare ‘challenge’, from pro- ‘forth’ + vocare ‘to call’.