a01896478
type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
def | stimulating discussion or exciting controversy |
examples | a provocative remark a provocative smile provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance Anthony Trollope |
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Also see | exciting |
Derivationally related form | provocative → provoke |
Derivationally related form | provocative → provoke |
Derivationally related form | provocative → provoke |
Antonym | provocative → unprovocative |
Similar to | agitative, agitating, provoking; challenging, intriguing; charged; incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious; rousing |
Incoming links | |
Also see | exciting |
Similar to | agitative, agitating, provoking; challenging, intriguing; charged; incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious; rousing |
Antonym | unprovocative → provocative |
Derived from adjective | provocatively → provocative |
Derivationally related form | provoke → provocative |
Derivationally related form | provoke → provocative |
Derivationally related form | provoke → provocative |
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