suggestive
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6.0
- adjective
- /səˈdʒɛstɪv/
- Offensive
- The movie contained several suggestive scenes that hinted at adult themes.
- sexually suggestive
- suggestive gestures
- suggestive looks
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Watch on YouTubeNever did you touch her in any suggestive, provocative or sexual fashion.
- Never did you touch her in any suggestive, provocative or sexual fashion.
Examples
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Unwanted, uninvited sexually suggestive looks, gestures, or body language.
Academic text (1994) -
I'm afraid that might be slightly suggestive.
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Never did you touch her in any suggestive, provocative or sexual fashion.
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Frankenstein had not even so much as shot her a suggestive look all through their meal.
Fiction book (1995) -
I love it when someone leaves what's clearly a very erotic and suggestive message and then says enjoy your day.
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I object to the prosecutor's leading and suggestive reading pointedly out of context.
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Your Honour, I'm sorry, but I must object to the District Attorney's constant leading and suggestive questioning.
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Adamma's suggestive behavior here contradicts the moral message of the play.
Academic text (2003) -
She's very flirtatious, and she dresses in about as suggestive a way as is possible at the gym.
Blog text (11) -
Jay, possessed by the beat, breaks into an impromptu dance in which he makes suggestive and often lewd moves.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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7.2
Tends to make people feel sexual interest by being suggestive
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4.9
Attractive and likely to make you want something
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6.3
Very attractive in a way that makes you want it but you cannot have it
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7.1
Saying or doing something rude that upsets people
Antonyms
How Indecent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Suggestive comes from the verb suggest, meaning 'to put an idea into someone's mind'. A helpful way to remember the second meaning is to imagine a look or a joke that 'puts' a private idea into your head without saying it, so suggestive can mean 'hinting at something improper'.