provocative

About 2.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
2. adjective Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest; sexy.
3. adjective Provoking or triggering any response.
4. noun Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

Similar words

provoking rabble-rousing challenging agitative instigative incitive rousing exciting stimulating intriguing

Often followed by

and of to questions in book question as tests

Word family

provocatively provocativeness provocativenesses provocatives