Associations to the word «Provocative»
Noun
- Therapist
- Posting
- Stunt
- Journalism
- Fashion
- Violence
- Facet
- Scent
- Manner
- Rhetoric
- Review
- Speech
- Content
- Humour
- Debate
- Realism
- Listener
- Genre
- Manifesto
- Teenager
- Quote
- Lopez
- Oswald
- Tension
- Activist
- Style
- Racism
- Hip
- Chronicle
- Reader
- Leopard
- Photograph
- Attention
- Anti
- Dancer
- Skirt
- Original
- Writing
- Stimulation
- Stimulus
- Discussion
- Challenge
- Action
- Lecture
- Response
- Parody
- Protest
- Klein
- Reputation
- Expose
- Title
- Context
- Diagnosis
- Launching
- Argument
- Suggestion
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
PROVOCATIVE, adjective. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
PROVOCATIVE, adjective. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.
PROVOCATIVE, noun. (now historical) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. [from 15th c.]
Dictionary definition
PROVOCATIVE, adjective. 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.
PROVOCATIVE, adjective. Exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative".
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.