suggestive

From suggest +‎ -ive.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/

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• Hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tive

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.

   • 1921, Ben Travers, “Tally-ho”, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC, part I (“Come He Will”), pages 64–65:

     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.

   • 2008, Marcia Amidon Lusted, Advertising to Children, page 71:

     Girls read fashion and celebrity magazines at younger and younger ages and look for the same kinds of sexy, suggestive clothing worn by the models.

3. Relating to hypnotic suggestion.

• suggestable (“capable of being suggested”)
• suggestible (“susceptible to influence by suggestion”)

• IPA^(key): /syɡ.ʒɛs.tiv/
• Homophone: suggestives

suggestive

1. feminine singular of suggestif

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suggestive

1. inflection of suggestiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

suggestive f pl

1. feminine plural of suggestivo

suggestive

1. definite natural masculine singular of suggestiv