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What is the adjective for provocative?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs provoke and provocate which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

provocative
  1. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The channel airs provocative documentaries on leading social and political issues pertinent to the present day.”
      “Regrettably, the ambassador made provocative and offensive statements after this tragic incident, which caused a lot of tension on both sides.”
      “During the interwar period, there was little more provocative in the arts than a woman in command, celebrating the eroticism of the body.”
provokable
  1. That may be provoked.
provocatory
provoked
  1. simple past tense and past participle of provoke
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The inference which I draw from these facts is that Douglas, angry and provoked by finding nails in the driveway and having his tires repeatedly punctured, retaliated against Gomez.”
provoking
provocating
  1. present participle of provocate
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