provocative
has definitions from the field of sexuality
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[ adjective ] serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
Examples "a provocative remark" "a provocative smile" "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)Cause of all this commotion : squat , pug-nosed , balding , hopelessly ugly Jean-Pierre_Bravado , a Bogartian figure , who plays a sadistic , amoral , philosophic Tasti-Freeze salesman in old New-Waver Fredrico_de_Mille_Rossilini 's endlessly provocative film , A_Sour_Sponge . Related terms unprovocative agitative charged incendiary rousing challenging exciting |
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[ adjective ] stimulating interest and discussion
Synonyms Examples "an exciting novel" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (sexuality) exciting sexual desire
Examples "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative" Related terms |
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