Sample sentences for PROVOCATIVE

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Definition

tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate — especially controversy, sexual desire, or anger

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

provocative = stimulating (arousing interest)

provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate

provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate

Give them a shout. Something provocative. Intrigue them.
Tom Stoppard -- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate

But her sister stared back with sultry eyes, boldly provocative.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Glory Road

provocative = tending to stimulate interest or sexual desire

Sukeena immediately began dancing in a most fluid, provocative and suggestive manner.
Stephen King -- Rose Red

provocative = sexy

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

provocatively = in a manner that provokes

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

provocative = tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate

provocative = stimulating or exciting

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

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