provocative

Speech parts

1. provocative - Noun

2. provocative - Adjective

3. provocative - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting.

Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

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Examples

I'd been to Memphis before, but we stayed out of Memphis early on in the late 70s for obvious reasons. People were very sensitive about Elvis Presley, and my stage name obviously would be provocative to some people in that area at that time. Elvis Costello

To say that war is madness is like saying that sex is madness true enough, from the standpoint of a stateless eunuch, but merely a provocative epigram for those who must make their arrangements in the world as given. John Updike

Let us consider that swearing is a sin of all others peculiarly clamorous, and provocative of Divine judgment. Isaac Barrow

I think it is really important to be in some way provocative -- either intellectually or viscerally -- in the films one makes. Peter Greenaway

Written poetry is different. Best thing is to see it in performance first, then read it. Performance is more provocative. Adrian Mitchell

It has been very erotic and provocative for people to wonder about my feelings for women. Catherine Deneuve

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