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• suggestive — sug·ges·tive adj: giving a suggestion or making a hint: as a: being a trademark, trade dress, trade name, or service mark that requires the consumer to use thought and imagination to perceive the nature of the product or service ◇ Suggestive… …   Law dictionary

• suggestive — [adj1] signifying evocative, evocatory, expressive, giving an inkling*, indicative, intriguing, pregnant, redolent, remindful, reminiscent, significative, symbolic, symptomatic; concepts 267,529 Ant. meaningless, simple suggestive [adj2] dirty,… …   New thesaurus

• Suggestive — Sug*gest ive, a. Containing a suggestion, hint, or intimation. {Sug*gest ive*ly}, adv. {Sug*gest ive*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• suggestive — 1630s, “conveying a hint,” from SUGGEST (Cf. suggest) + IVE (Cf. ive). Specifically as a faintly euphemistic reference to proposals of indecent behavior, from 1888. Related: Suggestively; suggestiveness …   Etymology dictionary

• suggestive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to suggest or evoke something. 2) hinting at or bringing to mind sexual matters; mildly indecent. DERIVATIVES suggestively adverb suggestiveness noun …   English terms dictionary

• suggestive — [səgjes′tiv, səjes′tiv] adj. 1. that suggests or tends to suggest thoughts or ideas 2. tending to suggest something considered improper or indecent; risqué suggestively adv. suggestiveness n …   English World dictionary

• suggestive — [[t]səʤe̱stɪv, AM səgʤ [/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ of n Something that is suggestive of something else is quite like it or may be a sign of it. The fingers were gnarled, lumpy, with long, curving nails suggestive of animal claws... These… …   English dictionary

• suggestive — sug|ges|tive [səˈdʒestıv US səg ] adj 1.) similar to something suggestive of ▪ Her symptoms are suggestive of a panic disorder. ▪ It was a huge sound, suggestive of whales calling each other. 2.) a remark, behaviour etc that is suggestive makes… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• suggestive — sug|ges|tive [ səg dʒestıv ] adjective 1. ) making you think of sex: suggestive remarks 2. ) making you think of or remember a particular thing: In the middle of the picture is a shape suggestive of a woman s body. a ) giving signs or evidence of …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• suggestive — suggestively, adv. suggestiveness, n. /seuhg jes tiv, seuh /, adj. 1. that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss s thinking. 2. rich in suggestions or ideas: a suggestive critical… …   Universalium

• suggestive — ● suggestif, suggestive adjectif Qui est capable de suggérer des idées, des images : Poésie suggestive. Un peintre très suggestif. Qui inspire des idées érotiques : Des photographies suggestives. ● suggestif, suggestive (synonymes) adjectif Qui… …   Encyclopédie Universelle