suggestive

  • 11suggestive — ● suggestif, suggestive adjectif Qui est capable de suggérer des idées, des images : Poésie suggestive. Un peintre très suggestif. Qui inspire des idées érotiques : Des photographies suggestives. ● suggestif, suggestive (synonymes) adjectif Qui… …

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  • 12suggestive — adjective 1 a remark, behaviour etc that is suggestive makes you think of sex 2 reminding you of something: suggestive of sth: an abstract painting suggestive of a desert landscape suggestively adverb suggestiveness noun (U) …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13suggestive — UK [səˈdʒestɪv] / US [səɡˈdʒestɪv] adjective 1) making you think of sex 2) a) making you think of or remember a particular thing In the middle of the picture is a shape suggestive of a woman s body. b) giving signs or evidence of something… …

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  • 14suggestive — adjective Date: 1631 1. a. giving a suggestion ; indicative < suggestive of a past era > b. full of suggestions ; stimulating thought < provided a suggestive…commentary on the era Lloyd Morris > c. stirring mental associations ; …

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  • 15suggestive — adjective a) Tending to suggest or imply. The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean. b) Suggesting romance, sex, etc. She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile …

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  • 16suggestive — adj. 1 making you think of sth VERBS ▪ be, seem ADVERB ▪ highly (medical), richly, strongly, very ▪ …

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  • 17suggestive — adj. suggestive of * * * [sə dʒestɪv] suggestive of …

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  • 18suggestive — adjective 1) suggestive remarks Syn: indecent, indelicate, improper, unseemly, sexual, sexy, smutty, dirty, ribald, bawdy, racy, risqué, lewd, vulgar, coarse, salacious 2) …

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  • 19suggestive — adjective 1) an odour suggestive of a brewery Syn: redolent, evocative, reminiscent, characteristic, indicative, typical 2) suggestive remarks Syn: indecent, indelicate, improper, unseemly …

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  • 20suggestive — Relating to suggestion. * * * sug·ges·tive sə(g) jes tiv adj 1) serving to indicate &LT;a butterfly shaped red rash...is highly suggestive of the disease (S. E. Goldfinger )(et al)&GT; 2) tending to act like or have the effect of suggestion …

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