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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.