provocative
Adjective
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Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
Stimulating discussion or exciting controversy (synset 301902545)"a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"also: exciting - creating or arousing excitementsimilar to:- agitating, agitative, provoking - causing or tending to cause anger or resentment
- challenging, intriguing - disturbingly provocative
- charged - capable of producing violent emotion or arousing controversy
- incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious - arousing to action or rebellion
- rousing - rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading
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Intentionally arousing sexual desire (synset 302141804)
"her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"similar to: sexy - marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest
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