suggestive

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /səɡˈdʒɛstɪv/

Adjective

suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)

  1. 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.
  2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué.
    She crossed her legs and shot him a suggestive smile.

Translations

French

Adjective

suggestive

  1. feminine of suggestif

German

Adjective

suggestive

  1. inflected form of suggestiv

Italian

Adjective

suggestive f pl

  1. Feminine plural of adjective suggestivo.
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