suggestive
that suggests; referring to other thoughts, persons, etc.: His recommendation was suggestive of his boss's thinking.
rich in suggestions or ideas: a suggestive critical essay.
evocative; presented partially rather than in detail.
that suggests or implies something improper or indecent; risqué; suggestive remarks.
Origin of suggestive
1Other words from suggestive
- sug·ges·tive·ly, adverb
- sug·ges·tive·ness, noun
- non·sug·ges·tive, adjective
- non·sug·ges·tive·ly, adverb
- non·sug·ges·tive·ness, noun
- pre·sug·ges·tive, adjective
- un·sug·ges·tive, adjective
- un·sug·ges·tive·ly, adverb
- un·sug·ges·tive·ness, noun
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How to use suggestive in a sentence
It might sound suggestive, but it’s merely an area densely packed with stars, and they often contain supermassive blackholes inside.
Celestial objects you can spot from your backyard | Jessica Boddy | December 16, 2020 | Popular-ScienceWe may never know how much money was given to fraudsters, but the early cases are suggestive.
The pandemic may be the greatest environment for business fraud in decades | Geoffrey Colvin | November 12, 2020 | FortuneThe differences aren’t statistically significant, but there’s a pretty suggestive trend.
When a former Westview High School student recently posted an online petition in which she published sexually suggestive text messages she said a teacher there sent her in 2015, not long after she’d graduated, the episode felt a bit familiar.
Morning Report: Inside Westview High’s Many Harassment, Abuse Complaints | Voice of San Diego | July 2, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoI watched this as a kid and was unfazed by how objectively suggestive this movie was.
Does Hollywood Still Have a Princess Problem? (Ep. 394) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 24, 2019 | Freakonomics
Ebah, speaking from his home in the camp, said suggestively, “There are signs of a big thing on the horizon.”
Intifada 3.0: Growing Unrest and a Plot to Kill an Israeli Minister | Creede Newton | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOther stories suggestively conflated “It was dark” with “He was dark.”
Several of them make direct eye contact with Tompkins while others gesture suggestively toward their crotches.
Online Shaming Gives Creeps the Spotlight They Deserve | Samantha Allen | September 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIs she posing suggestively to mimic the idealized figures behind her?
‘A Girl and Her Room’ Exhibit: Photos by Rania Matar | Lizzie Crocker | May 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHis figurative works feature women stretched suggestively across cotton-candy clouds, or dripping in melted ice cream.
Lamb stopped rattling the coins in his pocket suggestively, kept them there, and strolled toward the main entrance.
"And yet I have imagined that you knew her pretty well, and that Mr. Roscoe knew her even better—perhaps," she said suggestively.
Mrs. Falchion, Complete | Gilbert ParkerCrozier remarked dryly, yet suggestively, in his desire to see how much Sibley knew.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert ParkerAnd then he remembered the porter, who stood suggestively attentive, words of gratitude hanging on his lips.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonThe young man looked at the other young man down in the shop, and tapped his finger on his forehead suggestively.
Johnny Ludlow, Fourth Series | Mrs. Henry Wood
British Dictionary definitions for suggestive
/ (səˈdʒɛstɪv) /
(postpositive foll by of) conveying a hint (of something): this painting is suggestive of a hot summer day
tending to suggest something improper or indecent
able or liable to suggest an idea, plan, etc
Derived forms of suggestive
- suggestively, adverb
- suggestiveness, noun
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