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| 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 |
| Outgoing links | |
| 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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