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 .

2
[ adjective ] stimulating interest and discussion

Synonyms

exciting

Examples

"an exciting novel"

Related terms

stimulating

3
[ adjective ] (sexuality) exciting sexual desire

Examples

"her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"

Related terms

sexy

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