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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)
Pertainyms of adj provocative
Attributes of adj provocative
Domain of adj provocative
Domain Terms of adj provocative
Familiarity of adj provocative
provocative used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj provocative
provocative
unprovocative
Grep of adv provocative
provocatively
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