Suggestive
adjective
Making you think of or remember something by causing a mental or emotional response.
The scent of the roses was suggestive of summers long gone.
Often appears as...
- suggestive of
- suggestive look
adjective
Giving hint or indication about something that is not talked about openly, often about sexual matters.
Some people believe that many modern songs have suggestive lyrics.
Often appears as...
- suggestive lyrics
- suggestive poses
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Disapproving
adjective
Making you think of or remember something by causing a mental or emotional response.
The scent of the roses was suggestive of summers long gone.
Often appears as...
- suggestive of
- suggestive look
adjective
Giving hint or indication about something that is not talked about openly, often about sexual matters.
Some people believe that many modern songs have suggestive lyrics.
Often appears as...
- suggestive lyrics
- suggestive poses
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Evokes Memories
The word 'suggestive' can evoke nostalgia or reflection about the past without directly stating it.
The old school building had a suggestive air of former glories.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Hint
Use 'suggestive' to imply something indirectly, encouraging the listener to think deeper.
His comment was suggestive of hidden motives.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Charged
'Suggestive' can trigger emotions or feelings, often more effectively than direct language.
The painting was suggestive of loneliness.
Pro Tip 1/3Evokes Memories
The word 'suggestive' can evoke nostalgia or reflection about the past without directly stating it.
The old school building had a suggestive air of former glories.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Hint
Use 'suggestive' to imply something indirectly, encouraging the listener to think deeper.
His comment was suggestive of hidden motives.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Charged
'Suggestive' can trigger emotions or feelings, often more effectively than direct language.
The painting was suggestive of loneliness.
Pro Tip 1/3Evokes Memories
The word 'suggestive' can evoke nostalgia or reflection about the past without directly stating it.
The old school building had a suggestive air of former glories.
Pro Tip 2/3Subtle Hint
Use 'suggestive' to imply something indirectly, encouraging the listener to think deeper.
His comment was suggestive of hidden motives.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotionally Charged
'Suggestive' can trigger emotions or feelings, often more effectively than direct language.
The painting was suggestive of loneliness.
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Is the obesity crisis...
insulin resistance causes weight gain and the diseases associated with obesity at least in most people what if being obese is just a metabolic response to something much more threatening an underlying epidemic the one we ought to be worried about let's look at some suggestive facts we
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Paola Antonelli: Why I...
introduced the idea of interaction design to the public. But more recently, I've been trying really to go even deeper into interaction design with examples that are emotionally really suggestive and that really explain interaction design at a level that is almost undeniable.
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Peter Attia: What if...
and the diseases associated with obesity, at least in most people? What if being obese is just a metabolic response to something much more threatening, an underlying epidemic, the one we ought to be worried about? Let's look at some suggestive facts.
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Prehistoric Croc was...
features in this group of small bodied terrestrial crocodiles that is land living crocodiles that is suggestive that they may be exploiting a niche that would otherwise belong to the mammals and we know that the mammals occupied
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How reliable is your...
and later on they have to try to identify the person who conducted that interrogation. And when we feed them suggestive information that insinuates it's a different person, many of them misidentify their interrogator,
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For survivors of Ebola,...
and her eyes were menacingly red. One of my fellow doctors, a general surgeon, became suspicious of her condition. He said her symptoms were suggestive of Ebola. We kept a close watch on her, we tried to help her.
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Online predators spread...
And what is provocative anyway, what is sexually suggestive? In some parts of the world, showing your ankles is promiscuous, is provocative. It's just like, no matter what a woman wears,
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Arthur Ganson: Moving...
but also not suggestive of any particular kind of animal or plant. For me, the process is very important, because I'm inventing machines, but I'm also inventing tools to make machines,
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Octopus Playtime PIPE...
they are looking back and so when you have an animal that's that attentive to another animal's eyes that is very suggestive of high level of awareness of the world
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Predictions of tech's...
it also disaffected a certain way there's there is the combination of sort artifacts suggestive of all periods of history in some places it's sort of mesopotamia
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Is the obesity crisis...
insulin resistance causes weight gain and the diseases associated with obesity at least in most people what if being obese is just a metabolic response to something much more threatening an underlying epidemic the one we ought to be worried about let's look at some suggestive facts we
Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
introduced the idea of interaction design to the public. But more recently, I've been trying really to go even deeper into interaction design with examples that are emotionally really suggestive and that really explain interaction design at a level that is almost undeniable.
Video examples
Peter Attia: What if...
and the diseases associated with obesity, at least in most people? What if being obese is just a metabolic response to something much more threatening, an underlying epidemic, the one we ought to be worried about? Let's look at some suggestive facts.
Video examples
Prehistoric Croc was...
features in this group of small bodied terrestrial crocodiles that is land living crocodiles that is suggestive that they may be exploiting a niche that would otherwise belong to the mammals and we know that the mammals occupied
Video examples
How reliable is your...
and later on they have to try to identify the person who conducted that interrogation. And when we feed them suggestive information that insinuates it's a different person, many of them misidentify their interrogator,
Video examples
For survivors of Ebola,...
and her eyes were menacingly red. One of my fellow doctors, a general surgeon, became suspicious of her condition. He said her symptoms were suggestive of Ebola. We kept a close watch on her, we tried to help her.
Video examples
Online predators spread...
And what is provocative anyway, what is sexually suggestive? In some parts of the world, showing your ankles is promiscuous, is provocative. It's just like, no matter what a woman wears,
Video examples
Arthur Ganson: Moving...
but also not suggestive of any particular kind of animal or plant. For me, the process is very important, because I'm inventing machines, but I'm also inventing tools to make machines,
Video examples
Octopus Playtime PIPE...
they are looking back and so when you have an animal that's that attentive to another animal's eyes that is very suggestive of high level of awareness of the world
Video examples
Predictions of tech's...
it also disaffected a certain way there's there is the combination of sort artifacts suggestive of all periods of history in some places it's sort of mesopotamia
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Quote examples
Ernst Haas
Austrian Photographer
Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more made than taken. Without a descriptive caption to justify its existence, it will speak for itself - less descriptive, more creative; less informative, more suggestive - less prose, more poetry.
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Stan Laurel
English Actor
We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes, there was no conscious attempt at being either sarcastic or offensive.
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Mary MacLane
Canadian Writer
Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even remotely suggestive. I call things by their names. That is all.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
American Clergyman
The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man.
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Hamish Bowles
English Journalist
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
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Agnes Repplier
American Writer
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
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George Szell
Hungarian Composer
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience.
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Barbara Demick
American Journalist
Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.
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William James
American Philosopher
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
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Bill Haley
American Musician
We steer completely clear of anything suggestive.
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Ernst Haas
Austrian Photographer
Without touching my subject I want to come to the moment when, through pure concentration of seeing, the composed picture becomes more made than taken. Without a descriptive caption to justify its existence, it will speak for itself - less descriptive, more creative; less informative, more suggestive - less prose, more poetry.
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Stan Laurel
English Actor
We never dealt with satire or suggestive material. Although some of our films were broad parodies or burlesques of popular dramatic themes, there was no conscious attempt at being either sarcastic or offensive.
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Mary MacLane
Canadian Writer
Well, if I am not vulgar, neither is my book. I wrote myself. Suggestiveness is always vulgar. But truth never. My book is not even remotely suggestive. I call things by their names. That is all.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
American Clergyman
The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is also the most suggestive measure and prophecy of the corporate life of man.
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Hamish Bowles
English Journalist
Possessions. The very word is potent - suggestive as it is of ownership both material and erotic. To possess. Possession. Possessed.
Quote examples
Agnes Repplier
American Writer
It has been well said that tea is suggestive of a thousand wants, from which spring the decencies and luxuries of civilization.
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George Szell
Hungarian Composer
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra - not choreography to the audience.
Quote examples
Barbara Demick
American Journalist
Kim Jong-un's style is more suggestive of Saddam Hussein or his murderous son, Uday Hussein.
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William James
American Philosopher
An idea, to be suggestive, must come to the individual with the force of revelation.
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Bill Haley
American Musician
We steer completely clear of anything suggestive.
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