provocative
pro|voca|tive /prəv'ɒkətɪv/
1 [ADJ]
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.
● provocatively [ADV] usu ADV with v
The soldiers fired into the air when the demonstrators behaved provocatively.
2 [ADJ]
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.
● provocatively [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
She smiled provocatively.
1 [ADJ]
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.
● provocatively [ADV] usu ADV with v
The soldiers fired into the air when the demonstrators behaved provocatively.
2 [ADJ]
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.
● provocatively [ADV] usu ADV with v, also ADV adj
She smiled provocatively.