Whether she was offended or being deliberately provocative, I couldn't tell.

Her idea of taking a firm stance and asking deliberately provocative questions now seemed a bit foolhardy.

Deliberately provocative, she stepped toward him rather than back.

That makes its use either awkward in the extreme or deliberately provocative.

She knows that this is a deliberately provocative term.

He raised an eyebrow in a deliberately provocative way, as a test.

Trolling: This means saying deliberately provocative things just to stir up trouble.

Every other government was complaining that their deployment at this time constituted a deliberately provocative act.

About his sexuality, Daniels is both defiant and deliberately provocative.

His eyes narrowed at the deliberately provocative sound of her voice.