provocative
English Thesaurus
1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy (adj.all)
| similar | : | charged, |
| definition | : | capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy (adj.all) |
| similar | : | rousing, |
| definition | : | rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading (adj.all) |
| also | : | exciting, |
| definition | : | creating or arousing excitement (adj.all) |
2. exciting sexual desire (adj.all)
| similar | : | sexy, |
| definition | : | marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest (adj.all) |
3. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy (adj.all)
| derivation | : | provoke, stimulate, |
| definition | : | provide the needed stimulus for (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise, |
| definition | : | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke, |
| definition | : | annoy continually or chronically (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | provoke, stimulate, |
| definition | : | provide the needed stimulus for (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise, |
| definition | : | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) (verb.emotion) |
| derivation | : | beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke, |
| definition | : | annoy continually or chronically (verb.emotion) |
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