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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
provocative
1. serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
stimulating discussion or exciting controversy (Freq. 1)
- a provocative remark
- a provocative smile
- "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
• Ant:
unprovocative
• Similar to:
agitative, agitating, provoking, challenging, intriguing,
charged, incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing,
seditious, rousing
• See Also:
exciting
• Derivationally related forms:
provoke
2. exciting sexual desire
- her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative
• Similar to:
sexy
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