Meaning of PROVOCATIVE
| Pronunciation: | | pru'vâkutiv
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- [adj] 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
- [adj] exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"
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| | Synonyms: | | agitating, agitative, challenging, charged, incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, intriguing, provoking, rabble-rousing, rousing, seditious, sexy |
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| | Antonyms: | | unprovocative, unprovoking | | |
| | See Also: | | exciting | |
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\Pro*vo"ca*tive\, a. [L. provocativus: cf. OF.
provocatif.]
Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
exciting.
\Pro*vo"ca*tive\, n.
Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative
of appetite.
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