provocative style
Intentionally attention-grabbing manner
A provocative style deliberately challenges, unsettles, or stimulates reaction.
In fashion, it means clothing designed to attract sexual attention: She favored a provocative style—low necklines, high hemlines.
In art, writing, or rhetoric, it describes work intended to provoke thought, controversy, or emotional response: His provocative style earned him both devoted fans and fierce critics.
- edgyTense and irritable
- boldCourageous and daring
- daringAdventurous courage
- in your faceAggressively confrontational style
- risquéBordering on improper
audacious · confrontational · pushing buttons · controversial · suggestive · striking · defiant · rebellious · shocking · shock value · brazen · outrageous · no holds barred · subversive · inflammatory · attention-grabbing · challenging · transgressive
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