evoking
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Is evoking a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of evoking?
Definition
verb (English)
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)Examples: "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"Synonyms: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
2. evoke or provoke to appear or occurExamples: "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"Synonyms: call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke
3. deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)Examples: "We drew out some interesting linguistic data from the native informant"Synonyms: draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract
4. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magicExamples: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"Synonyms: arouse, bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke
5. call to mindExamples: "this remark evoked sadness"Synonyms: evoke, paint a picture, suggest
Definition source: Wiktionary