Meaning

3 senses
  1. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.

    provokant

    провокацио́нныйprovokaciónnyj, провокати́вныйprovokatívnyj

    провокаці́йнийprovokacíjnyj, провокати́внийprovokatývnyj

  2. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.

    serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

  3. Provoking or triggering any response.

Examples

23 sentences
  1. Mary is wearing provocative clothing.

    ruМэри одета вызывающе.

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  2. That's a provocative pose.

    Це провокаційна поза.

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  3. He's very provocative.

    Він надзвичайно задирливий.

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  4. Martha was wearing a provocative dress.

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  5. After seeing her provocative body, he became obsessed with her.

    ruУвидев её соблазнительное тело, он стал ею одержим.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
tending to provoke strong negative feeling:
Русский
By meaning 1
tending to provoke strong negative feeling:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tending to provoke strong negative feeling:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French provocatif, and its source, Late Latin provocativus, from Lati

Borrowed from Middle French provocatif, and its source, Late Latin provocativus, from Latin provocare.

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Forms

more provocative, most provocative
Comparativemore provocative Lesson
Superlativemost provocative Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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