provocative
I
adjective
aggravating, alluring, annoying, arousing, attractive, bellicose, captivating, challenging, defiant, desirable, electric, electrifying, enchanting, entrancing, exasperating, exciting, galling, galvanic, galvanical, grating, inciting, inflaming, inflammatory, influential, inspirational, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, invidious, inviting, irksome, irresistible, irritating, motivating, persuasive, piquant, provoking, ravishing, seductive, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, suggestive, tantalizing, tempting, thrilling, titillating, urgent, vexatious, vexing
II
index
catalyst, impertinent (insolent), incentive, inducement, invitation, moving (evoking emotion), offensive (taking the initiative), persuasive, presumptuous, provocation, salacious, sapid, suggestive (evocative), suggestive (risqué), vexatious
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006