provocable
Can be baited
Provocable describes someone or something capable of being provoked—susceptible to irritation, anger, or reaction when stimulated.
A provocable person rises to bait easily: He's too provocable to ignore an insult.
The word is uncommon, with "easily provoked" preferred in most contexts.
Easily provoked to annoyance
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- hot-headedProne to sudden anger
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
- temperamentalEasily upset, unpredictable
testy · tetchy · petulant · peevish · cantankerous · irascible · short-tempered · choleric
Tending to respond
- responsiveQuick to react
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- impressionableEasily influenced or affected
excitable · triggerable · roused · stirred · inflamed · agitated · aroused · activated
Prone to sudden detonation
- unstableProne to sudden change
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
- impulsiveActing without deliberation
eruptive · capricious · erratic · unpredictable · fiery · combustible · incendiary · inflammatory
Open to attack
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- exposedOut in open
- unguardedWithout protection or caution
- openNot closed
susceptible · unprotected · assailable · attackable · targetable · exploitable
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
- touchyEasily upset or offended
- hot-headedProne to sudden anger
- thin-skinnedEasily hurt by remarks
temperamental · testy · tetchy · petulant · peevish · cantankerous · irascible · short-tempered · choleric · cranky
reactive
Tending to respond
- responsiveQuick to react
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
impressionable · excitable · triggerable · roused · stirred · inflamed · agitated · aroused · activated · galvanized
explosive
Prone to sudden detonation
- unstableProne to sudden change
- mercurialProne to sudden change
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
impulsive · eruptive · capricious · erratic · unpredictable · fiery · combustible · incendiary · inflammatory · turbulent
vulnerable
Open to attack
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- exposedOut in open
- unguardedWithout protection or caution
open · susceptible · unprotected · assailable · attackable · targetable · exploitable
provocableimperturbable
Incapable of being upset
unflappable · impassive · stoic · phlegmatic · even-tempered
provocableunshakeable
Impossible to disturb
steady · equanimous · level-headed · self-possessed · collected
provocablepatient
Able to wait calmly
forbearing · long-suffering · self-possessed · restrained · controlled
advocate, vocal, provoke, evoke, revoke, invoke, provocative, vocation, provoked