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suggestive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?(?)?d???st?v/
- Hyphenation: sug?ges?tive
Adjective
suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)
- Tending to suggest or imply.
- Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.
- Relating to hypnotic suggestion.
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy?.??s.tiv/
- Homophone: suggestives
Adjective
suggestive
- feminine singular of suggestif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
suggestive
- inflection of suggestiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Adjective
suggestive
- feminine plural of suggestivo
Swedish
Adjective
suggestive
- absolute definite natural masculine form of suggestiv.
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provocative
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French provocatif, and its source, Late Latin provocativus, from Latin provocare.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???v?k.?.t?v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /p???v?k.?.t?v/
Adjective
provocative (comparative more provocative, superlative most provocative)
- Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
- Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.
Related terms
- provoke
- provocation
- provocator
Related terms
- provocateur
Translations
Noun
provocative (plural provocatives)
- (obsolescent) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. [from 15th c.]
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
- She used by way of Provocative, to read the wanton Verses of her Paramour in the day time [...].
- 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:
Latin
Adjective
pr?voc?t?ve
- vocative masculine singular of pr?voc?t?vus
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