"suggestive" meaning in English

See suggestive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suggestive.wav Forms: more suggestive [comparative], most suggestive [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)
  1. Tending to suggest or imply. Translations (tending to suggest): намекващ (namekvašt) (Bulgarian), подсказващ (podskazvašt) (Bulgarian), suggestiv (Danish), suggestief (Dutch), viitteellinen (Finnish), viittaava (Finnish), suxestivo [masculine] (Galician), suggestiv (German), emlékeztet (Hungarian), utal (Hungarian), sugestivo (Spanish), anımsatıcı (Turkish), awgrymiadol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-suggestive-en-adj-8rUJn6Hn Disambiguation of 'tending to suggest': 71 7 22
  2. Suggesting romance, sex, etc.; risqué. Translations (suggesting romance, sex etc.): vihjaileva (Finnish), viettelevä (Finnish), sokatmondó (Hungarian), szexuális tartalmú (Hungarian), kétértelmű (Hungarian), davetkâr (Turkish), awgrymog (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-suggestive-en-adj-csse6lLx Disambiguation of 'suggesting romance, sex etc.': 5 91 3
  3. Relating to hypnotic suggestion.
    Sense id: en-suggestive-en-adj-9ORBTfIo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 2 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 5 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 17 3 58 3 2 14 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 2 62 2 1 15 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 21 6 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 25 7 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 24 7 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 8 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 6 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 4 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 24 6 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 25 7 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: suggestively Related terms: suggestable (english: capable of being suggested), suggestible (english: susceptible to influence by suggestion)
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