suggestive
English
Pronunciation
Adjective
suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)
- Tending to suggest or imply.
- The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:
- But Sophia's mother was not the woman to brook defiance. After a few moments' vain remonstrance her husband complied. His manner and appearance were suggestive of a satiated sea-lion.
- Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.
- She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.
- Relating to hypnotic suggestion.
Translations
tending to suggest
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suggesting romance, sex etc.
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syɡ.ʒɛs.tiv/
- Homophone: suggestives
Adjective
suggestive
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Adjective
suggestive
- inflection of suggestiv:
Italian
Adjective
- (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective suggestivo.
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