Her looks were suggestive of anxiety.
Source: tatoeba (309130)
Suggestive
//sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv//
Synonyms for "suggestive" (181 found)
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Strong matches (54)
documentedearthyeloquentemblematiceroticevidentialevidentiaryevocativeex parteexhibitiveexpressiveextendedextensionaleye-witnesseyewitnessfactualfiguralfigurativefilthyfinal
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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intelligibleintensionalinterpretableironicirrefutableirresistiblejuicylewdlustymaterialmeaningmeaningfulmeatymemoriedmetaphoricalmindfulmnemonicnamingnastynaughty
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nuncupativeobsceneoff coloroff-coloroffensiveoverwhelmingpathognomonicpeculiarpithypointedpornographicpregnantpresumptiveprobativeprovocativeprurientpurpleracyraunchyreadableredolentreferentialreliableremindfulreminiscentrepresentativeretentiveretrospectiveribaldriskyrisquerudesalacioussaltyscabroussemanticsemioticsententioussexyshadysignalizingsignificantsignifyingsmuttyspicystimulatesubstantialsuggestive ofsuresymbolicsymbolicalsymbolisticsymbologicalsymptomaticsymptomatologictellingtransferredtruetypicalunseemlyvalidvividvulgarweightywicked
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
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2 entriesderived from
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7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- намекващ adj (tending to suggest)
- подсказващ adj (tending to suggest)
Danish
1 entries- suggestiv adj (tending to suggest)
Dutch
1 entries- suggestief adj (tending to suggest)
Finnish
4 entries- viettelevä adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
- vihjaileva adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
- viittaava adj (tending to suggest)
- viitteellinen adj (tending to suggest)
Galician
1 entries- suxestivo adj (tending to suggest)
German
1 entries- suggestiv adj (tending to suggest)
Hungarian
4 entries- emlékeztet adj (tending to suggest)
- kétértelmű adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
- sokatmondó adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
- szexuális tartalmú adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
Spanish
1 entries- sugestivo adj (tending to suggest)
Turkish
2 entries- anımsatıcı adj (tending to suggest)
- davetkâr adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
Welsh
2 entries- awgrymiadol adj (tending to suggest)
- awgrymog adj (suggesting romance, sex etc.)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I don't wear suggestive clothing.
Source: tatoeba (4211750)
She wore suggestive clothing.
Source: tatoeba (4211751)
Many people, especially older ones, were very disapproving of Elvis Presley's suggestive hip movements during his stage performances.
Source: tatoeba (4267154)
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