PROVOCATIVE


Meaning of PROVOCATIVE in English

1.

If you describe something as ~, you mean that it is intended to make people react angrily or argue against it.

He has made a string of outspoken and sometimes ~ speeches in recent years...

His behavior was called ~ and antisocial.

ADJ

~ly

The soldiers fired into the air when the demonstrators behaved ~ly.

ADV: usu ADV with v

2.

If you describe someone’s clothing or behaviour as ~, you mean that it is intended to make someone feel sexual desire.

Some adolescents might be more sexually mature and ~ than others.

ADJ

~ly

She smiled ~ly.

ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj

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