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1. (adj.) provocative
tending or serving to provoke; stimulating, exciting, or vexing.
2. (n.) provocative
something provocative.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < LL prōvocātīvus. See provoke , -ate1, -ive)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) 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
2. (adj) provocative
exciting sexual desire
"her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"
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1. (adjective) provocative
intended to cause an angry reaction
provocative statements
2. provocative
causing thoughts about sex
women in provocative poses
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) provocative
serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting
2. (noun) provocative
anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite
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Sense: likely to rouse feeling, especially anger or sexual interest
provocative remarks; a provocative dress.
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 Afrikaans: uitlokkend, tartend |
 Arabic: مُثير، مُهَيِّج |
 Bulgarian: провокативен |
 Brazilian: provocante |
 Czech: vyzývavý |
 German: aufreizend |
 Danish: provokerende |
 Greek: προκλητικός |
 Spanish: provocador; (sexual) prov |
 Estonian: provokatiivne |
 Farsi: تحریک آمیز |
 Finnish: kiihottava |
 French: provocant, provocateur |
 Hebrew: פְּרוֹבוֹקָטִיבִי |
 Hindi: उत्तेजक, प्रेरक, उद्दीपक |
 Hungarian: kihívó |
 Indonesian: provokatif |
 Icelandic: ögrandi, æsandi |
 Italian: provocatorio; provocante |
 Japanese: 刺激的な |
 Korean: 도발적인 |
 Lithuanian: provokacinis, provokuojan |
 Latvian: provokatorisks; izaicinoš |
 Malay: bersikap provokatif |
 Dutch: uitdagend |
 Norwegian: opphissende, pirrende |
 Polish: prowokujący |
 Persian: تحریک آمیز |
 Pashto: پارونكى |
 Portuguese: provocante |
 Romanian: provocator |
 Russian: вызывающий |
 Slovak: vyzývavý |
 Slovenian: izzivalen |
 Serbian: provokativan |
 Swedish: provokativ, utmanande |
 Thai: กวนโทสะ |
 Turkish: kışkırtıcı, tahrik edici |
 Taiwanese: 挑釁的，刺激的 |
 Ukrainian: провокаційний |
 Urdu: اشتعال انگيز، ہيجان خيز |
 Vietnamese: khiêu khích |
 Chinese: 挑衅的，激发的 |
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