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English adjective: provocative | |||
| 1. | provocative serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy | ||
| Samples | A provocative remark. A provocative smile. Provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance. | ||
| Similar | agitating, agitative, challenging, charged, incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, intriguing, provoking, rabble-rousing, rousing, seditious | ||
| See also | exciting | ||
| Antonyms | unprovocative, unprovoking | ||
| 2. | provocative exciting sexual desire | ||
| Samples | Her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative. | ||
| Similar | sexy | ||
| Antonyms | unsexy | ||
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