Sekirov Dictionary

provocative

UK /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/US /pɹəˈvɑ.kə.tɪv/

adjective 3
noun 1
forms 3

adjective3

Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
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Provoking or triggering any response.
- And the ‘wailing noise,’ which had induced the prosaic, indurated London cabman to get twice off his box to see what was the matter, what anguish had been provocative of that? — 1897
Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.

noun1

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Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac.
- She used by way of Provocative, to read the wanton Verses of her Paramour in the day time [...]. — 1723

forms

provocatives · more provocative · most provocative

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