Definitions for: Provocative


[adj] 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
[adj] exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"



Webster (1913) Definition: Pro*vo"ca*tive, a. [L. provocativus: cf. OF.
provocatif.]
Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
exciting.


Pro*vo"ca*tive, n.
Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative
of appetite.

Synonyms: agitating, agitative, challenging, charged, incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, intriguing, provoking, rabble-rousing, rousing, seditious, sexy

Antonyms: unprovocative, unprovoking

See Also: exciting

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