provocative (a)

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type a
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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
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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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