transcription, транскрипция: [ prəvɒkətɪv ]
1.
If you describe something as provocative , you mean that it is intended to make people react angrily or argue against it.
He has made a string of outspoken and sometimes provocative speeches in recent years...
His behavior was called provocative and antisocial.
ADJ
• pro‧voca‧tive‧ly
The soldiers fired into the air when the demonstrators behaved provocatively.
ADV : usu ADV with v
2.
If you describe someone’s clothing or behaviour as provocative , you mean that it is intended to make someone feel sexual desire.
Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and provocative than others.
ADJ
• pro‧voca‧tive‧ly
She smiled provocatively.
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj