亚洲网紅露点

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provocative

[ pruh-vok-uh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. tending or serving to provoke; inciting, stimulating, irritating, or vexing.


noun

  1. something provocative.

provocative

/ 辫谤蓹藞惫蓲办蓹迟瑟惫 /

adjective

  1. acting as a stimulus or incitement, esp to anger or sexual desire; provoking

    a provocative remark

    a provocative look

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 辫谤辞藞惫辞肠补迟颈惫别濒测, adverb
  • 辫谤辞藞惫辞肠补迟颈惫别苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 辫谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 丑补濒蹿顎-辫谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • 苍辞苍顎卲谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • non顎叡璋锹繁勾浅︻僡路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • non顎叡璋锹繁勾浅︻僡路迟颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-辫谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • qua顎卻i-辫谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • 耻苍顎卲谤辞路惫辞肠顎僡路迟颈惫别 adjective
  • un顎叡璋锹繁勾浅︻僡路迟颈惫别路濒测 adverb
  • un顎叡璋锹繁勾浅︻僡路迟颈惫别路苍别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of provocative1

First recorded in 1375鈥1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word 辫谤艒惫辞肠腻迟墨惫耻蝉. See provocation, -ive
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Kneecap are an Irish-speaking rap trio who have courted controversy with their provocative lyrics and merchandise.

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He began delivering commissioned projects for luxury brands and celebrities 20 years ago, and a financial pinnacle came in 2008 when his provocative life-size figure 鈥淢y Lonesome Cowboy鈥 sold for $15.1 million at auction.

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Donald Trump is a gifted communicator in terms of speaking in an emotionally provocative way and using themes and narrative frames that the general public can understand.

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Still, he put a lot of money into the campaign and launched some provocative tactics, such as offering million-dollar lotteries for people to sign petitions and register to vote.

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I encountered Navarro in 2012, when he made a minor splash on the documentary film circuit with 鈥淒eath by China,鈥 a provocative if overwrought manifesto based on his book of the same title.

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