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tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate — especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger- Her provocative article is sure to create debate.
provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate — especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger
- The school bans clothing deemed provocative such as miniskirts.
- Her theories tend to be more provocative than plausible.
- a provocative smile
- a provocative remark
- Once Harding asked what manner of cigarette they were smoking that smelled so provocative,Ken Kesey -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Her manner is open and lightly provocative.Peter Shaffer -- Equus
- the provocative smile on her lipsHal Borland -- When the Legends Die
- Give them a shout. Something provocative. Intrigue them.Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
- But her sister stared back with sultry eyes, boldly provocative.Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road
- Sukeena immediately began dancing in a most fluid, provocative and suggestive manner.Stephen King -- Rose Red
- Doubletree Mutt looked into the barn, his big tail waving provocatively, and Jody was so incensed at his health that he found a hard black clod on the floor and deliberately threw it.John Steinbeck -- The Red Pony
- The Milwaukee Braves won the World Series, and the hot winds of change that would make the sixties a turbulent, racing, dangerous, and provocative decade had not yet begun to blow full.August Wilson -- Fences
- like provocative musicF. Scott Fitzgerald -- Winter Dreams
- The next day Danglars was again hungry; certainly the air of that dungeon was very provocative of appetite.Alexandre Dumas -- The Count of Monte Cristo
- The hope was that these programs would be provocative, stimulating, and helpful to listeners.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
- She knew that even offering to leave now could be provocative.Ian McEwan -- Atonement
- Or, if his uncle's brace is such a provocative subject, shouldn't he have selected it in the first place as his subject—not the farm?J.D. Salinger -- The Catcher in the Rye
- He had presented a variety of moods to Duane's observation, and this latest one was provocative of thought.Zane Grey -- The Lone Star Ranger
- Hadn't I just told him not to say anything provocative?Jodi Picoult -- Change of Heart
provocative = stimulating (arousing interest)
provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
provocative = tending to stimulate interest or sexual desire
provocative = sexy
provocatively = in a manner that provokes
provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
provocative = stimulating or exciting