PROVOCATIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate
   • stimulating discussion or exciting controversy
   Usage Example(s)
   • a provocative remark
   • a provocative smile
   • provocative Irish tunes which…compel the hearers to dance- Anthony Trollope
   Antonym(s)
   • unprovocative (what does unprovocative mean?)
   • unprovoking (what does unprovoking mean?)
   Similar To
   • agitative (what does agitative mean?)
   • agitating (what does agitating mean?)
   • provoking (what does provoking mean?)
   • challenging (what does challenging mean?)
   • intriguing (what does intriguing mean?)
   • charged (what does charged mean?)
   • incendiary (what does incendiary mean?)
   • incitive (what does incitive mean?)
   • inflammatory (what does inflammatory mean?)
   • instigative (what does instigative mean?)
   • rabble-rousing (what does rabble-rousing mean?)
   • seditious (what does seditious mean?)
   • rousing (what does rousing mean?)
   See Also
   • exciting (what does exciting mean?)
2. Meaning
   • exciting sexual desire
   Usage Example(s)
   • her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative
   Similar To
   • sexy (what does sexy mean?)