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Adjective Synset: 301896478

Words: provocative

Gloss: 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

also see 300921014 - exciting
derivationally related 201789514 - beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
derivationally related 201759326 - arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
derivationally related 200794079 - provoke, stimulate
antonym 301897787 - unprovocative, unprovoking
similar to 301896925 - agitating, agitative, provoking
similar to 301897106 - challenging, intriguing
similar to 301897224 - charged
similar to 301897378 - incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative, rabble-rousing, seditious
similar to 301897607 - rousing

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