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provocative |
Overview of adj provocative The adj provocative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) 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. provocative -- (exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative") Antonyms of adj provocative 2 senses of provocative Sense 1 provocative (vs. unprovocative) unprovocative (vs. provocative), unprovoking => disarming => noninflammatory Sense 2 provocative INDIRECT (VIA sexy) -> unsexy Similarity of adj provocative 2 senses of provocative Sense 1 provocative (vs. unprovocative) => agitative, agitating, provoking => challenging, intriguing => charged => incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious => rousing Also See-> exciting#1 Sense 2 provocative => sexy (vs. unsexy) Attributes of adj provocative Familiarity of adj provocative provocative used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj provocative provocative unprovocative Overview of adj provocative The adj provocative has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) 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. provocative -- (exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative")
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