suggestive
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈdʒɛstɪv/
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
German
Adjective
suggestive
- inflection of suggestiv:
- strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative and accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine and neuter singular
Italian
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