verb (v)

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, raise
  

  source: wordnet30
• evoke or provoke to appear or occur(verb.creation)

  Example:
  Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple.
  

  Synonym:
  call forth, evoke, kick up
  

  source: wordnet30
• provide the needed stimulus for(verb.communication)

  Synonym:
  stimulate
  

  source: wordnet30
• annoy continually or chronically(verb.emotion)

  Synonym:
  beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague
  

  source: wordnet30
• To call forth; to call into being or action; esp., to incense to action, a faculty or passion, as love, hate, or ambition; hence, commonly, to incite, as a person, to action by a challenge, by taunts, or by defiance; to exasperate; to irritate; to offend intolerably; to cause to retaliate.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To cause provocation or anger.(verb)

  source: webster1913