Associations to the word «Provocative»

Wiktionary

PROVOCATIVE, adjective. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
PROVOCATIVE, adjective. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.
PROVOCATIVE, noun. (now historical) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. [from 15th c.]

Dictionary definition

PROVOCATIVE, adjective. 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.
PROVOCATIVE, adjective. Exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative".

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn