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1 provocative
- 'vokətivadjective (likely to rouse feeling, especially anger or sexual interest: provocative remarks; a provocative dress.) opphissende, pirrendeIsubst. \/prəˈvɒkətɪv\/stimulerende middel, noe som stimulerer, noe som eggerIIadj. \/prəˈvɒkətɪv\/1) utfordrende, eggende, ertelysten, erten2) provoserende -
2 provoke
prə'vəuk1) (to make angry or irritated: Are you trying to provoke me?) provosere, utfordre2) (to cause: His words provoked laughter.) utløse, vekke3) (to cause (a person etc) to react in an angry way: He was provoked into hitting her.) provosere, terge•- provocative
- provocativelyprovosere--------uteske--------vekkeverb \/prəˈvəʊk\/1) forarge, opprøre2) provosere, irritere, hisse, pirre3) egge, anspore, tilskynde4) fremkalle, utløse, fremprovosere5) vekke, volde, forårsakebe provoked la seg forarge, la seg provosereprovoke an answer tvinge frem et svarprovoke somebody gjøre noen sint, provosere noenprovoke somebody into doing something eller provoke somebody to do something provosere noen til å gjøre noeprovoke to provosere tilhan blir lett sint \/ han lar seg lett provosere
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Provocative — Pro*vo ca*tive, n. Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
provocative — [adj1] aggravating annoying, challenging, disturbing, exciting, galling, goading, heady, incensing, inciting, influential, inspirational, insulting, intoxicating, offensive, outrageous, provoking, pushing, spurring, stimulant, stimulating;… … New thesaurus
Provocative — Pro*vo ca*tive, a. [L. provocativus: cf. OF. provocatif.] Serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; exciting. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
provocative — I adjective aggravating, alluring, annoying, arousing, attractive, bellicose, captivating, challenging, defiant, desirable, electric, electrifying, enchanting, entrancing, exasperating, exciting, galling, galvanic, galvanical, grating, inciting,… … Law dictionary
provocative — early 15c., from obsolete Fr. provocatif (15c.), from L.L. provocativus, from L. provocare (see PROVOKE (Cf. provoke)). Specifically of sexual desire from 1620s. Related: Provocatively … Etymology dictionary
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provocative — [prə väk′ə tiv, prōväk′ə tiv] adj. [ME prouocatyue, aphrodisiac < LL provocativus < L provocare: see PROVOKE] provoking or tending to provoke, as to action, thought, feeling, etc.; stimulating, erotic, irritating, etc. n. something that… … English World dictionary
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provocative — [[t]prəvɒ̱kətɪv[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED 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...… … English dictionary
provocative — adj. 1 intending to cause an argument VERBS ▪ be, seem ▪ consider sth ADVERB ▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc … Collocations dictionary
provocative — adjective 1 provocative behaviour, remarks etc are intended to make people angry or to cause a lot of discussion: Some would say he wrote a deliberately provocative book. 2 provocative clothes, movements etc are intended to make someone sexually… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English