- provocative - serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; "a provocative remark"; "a provocative smile"; "provocative Irish tunes which...compel the hearers to dance"- Anthony Trollope
Antonyms: unprovocative, unprovoking, disarming, noninflammatory
- provocative - exciting sexual desire; "her gestures and postures became more wanton and provocative"
Antonym: unsexy (indirect, via sexy)