provocative
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
provocative
adj 1: serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate;
stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a
provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative
Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony
Trollope [ant: {unprovocative}, {unprovoking}]
2: exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became
more wanton and provocative"
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
165 Moby Thesaurus words for "provocative":
acceptable, adorable, aggravating, aggravative, agitating,
agreeable, alluring, annoying, appealing, appetizing, arousing,
attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, breathtaking,
cajoling, captivating, catching, challenging, charged, charismatic,
charming, cliff-hanging, coaxing, come-hither, contentious,
coquettish, desirable, disquieting, distracting, distressing,
disturbing, electric, enchanting, encouraging, energizing,
engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, enviable,
erotic, exasperating, exasperative, exciting, exhilarating, exotic,
fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, galling, galvanic, galvanizing,
glamorous, goad, harassing, heady, heart-expanding, heart-stirring,
heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, humiliating, hypnotic, impetus,
impressive, impulse, incensing, incentive, incitation, incitement,
inflammatory, infuriating, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing,
inviting, irksome, irresistible, irritating, jarring, jolting,
juicy, likable, lively, lovable, maddening, mesmeric, mind-blowing,
mortifying, motivation, mouth-watering, moving, nettlesome,
offensive, outrageous, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering,
overwhelming, perturbing, piquant, plaguing, pleasing,
prepossessing, prompting, provoking, provoquant, push, racy,
ravishing, readable, rich, rousing, seducing, seductive, sensual,
sensuous, sexy, siren, sirenic, soul-stirring, spellbinding,
spellful, spicy, spirit-stirring, spur, stimulant, stimulating,
stimulative, stinging, stirring, striking, succulent, suggestive,
suspenseful, suspensive, taking, tantalizing, teasing, telling,
tempting, thought-challenging, thought-inspiring,
thought-provoking, thrilling, thrilly, tickling, titillating,
titillative, to be desired, toothsome, troubling, unobjectionable,
unsettling, upsetting, vexatious, vexing, voluptuous, winning,
winsome, witching, worth having, wounding
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