suggestive

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: sug‧ges‧tive

Adjective

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, chapter 6, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:

     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.

Derived terms

• suggestively

Related terms

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

Translations

tending to suggest

• Bulgarian: намекващ (bg) (namekvašt), подсказващ (bg) (podskazvašt)
• Danish: suggestiv
• Dutch: suggestief (nl)
• Finnish: viitteellinen, viittaava (fi)
• German: suggestiv (de)
• Hungarian: emlékeztet (hu), utal (hu)
• Spanish: sugestivo
• Turkish: anımsatıcı (tr)
• Welsh: awgrymiadol

suggesting romance, sex etc.

• Finnish: vihjaileva, viettelevä (fi)
• Hungarian: sokatmondó (hu), szexuális tartalmú, kétértelmű (hu)
• Turkish: davetkâr (tr)
• Welsh: awgrymog (cy)

French

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

suggestive

1. feminine singular of suggestif

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

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

Italian

Adjective

suggestive f pl

1. feminine plural of suggestivo

Swedish

Adjective

suggestive

1. definite natural masculine singular of suggestiv