provocative

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pɹəˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/
• (GA) IPA: /pɹəˈvɑk.ə.tɪv/

Adjective

provocative

1. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
2. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.

Related terms

• provoke
• provocation
• provocator

Translations

• French: provocateur, provocatrice
• German: provokant
• Italian: procace, attraente
• Russian: провокацио́нный
• Spanish: provocador, provocativo

Noun

provocative (plural provocatives)

1. (obsolescent) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. [from 15th c.]
   • 1723, Charles Walker, Memoirs of the Life of Sally Salisbury:

     She used by way of Provocative, to read the wanton Verses of her smallcaps Paramour in the day time [...].

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