provocative

pro·voc·a·tive (pr

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adj.

Tending to provoke or stimulate.

pro·voca·tive n.

pro·voca·tive·ly adv.

pro·voca·tive·ness n.

provocative [prəˈvɒkətɪv]

adj

acting as a stimulus or incitement, esp to anger or sexual desire; provoking a provocative look a provocative remark

provocatively adv

provocativeness n

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Adj.	1.	provocative - serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope exciting - creating or arousing excitement; "an exciting account of her trip" unprovocative, unprovoking - not provocative
	2.	provocative - exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative" sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest; "feeling sexy"; "sexy clothes"; "sexy poses"; "a sexy book"; "sexy jokes"

provocative

adjective

1. offensive, provoking, insulting, challenging, disturbing, stimulating, annoying, outrageous, aggravating (informal), incensing, galling, goading Their behaviour was called provocative and antisocial.

2. suggestive, tempting, stimulating, exciting, inviting, sexy (informal), arousing, erotic, seductive, alluring, tantalizing sexually provocative behaviour

Translations

provocative [prəˈvɒkətɪv] ADJ

1. (= inflammatory) [remark, behaviour] → provocador; [act] → de provocación, provocador

2. (= thought-provoking) [book, film] → sugestivo, que hace reflexionar; [title] → sugestivo

3. (= seductive) [person] → seductor; [clothing, look, smile] → provocativo

provocative [prəˈvɒkətɪv] adj

(causing anger or controversy) [remark, article, behaviour, action] → provocateur/trice

(sexually) [person, clothes] → provocant(e)

provocative

adj

(= thought-provoking) → provozierend, provokatorisch; film, discussion → anregend, kontrovers; he’s just trying to be provocative → er versucht nur zu provozieren

(= erotic, seductive) dress → provozierend; remark → herausfordernd; pose, manner, behaviour → aufreizend, herausfordernd, provozierend

provocative [prəˈvɒkətɪv] adj (causing anger) → provocatorio/a; (seductive) → provocante; (thought-provoking) → stimolante

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agitating
Agitative
Almodóvar
bimbette
challenging
charged
Emin
exciting
incendiary
Incitative
incitive
inflammatory
instigative
intriguing
noninflammatory
Paglia
piquant
Provocatory
provoking

And, though the sight of her was provocative of nausea and the contact of her provocative of despair, although he could not escape her awfulness in his dream-haunted nightmares of her, he nevertheless was aware of the cosmic verity of sex that animated her and that made her own life of less value than the happiness of her lover with whom she hoped to mate.

The Red One by London, Jack View in context

The death agonies of a fellow being are, to these strange creatures provocative of the wildest hilarity, while their chief form of commonest amusement is to inflict death on their prisoners of war in various ingenious and horrible ways.

A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context

The next day Danglars was again hungry; certainly the air of that dungeon was very provocative of appetite.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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