suggestive Definition
sug·ges·tive (-jes′tiv-)
adjective
- that suggests or tends to suggest thoughts or ideas
- tending to suggest something considered improper or indecent; risqué
suggestive Related Forms
suggestive Synonyms
suggestive
modif.
Suggesting thoughts or ideas
carrying a suggestion of, suggestive, evocative, redolent, intriguing, giving an inkling of, symptomatic, indicative; see also symbolic.Suggesting something indecent or improper
risqué, indecent, obscene, racy, provocative, vulgar, ribald; see also vulgar 1, 2.
suggestive Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- hypersensitivity: Symptoms suggestive of hypersensitivity have been noted in a limited number of patients.
- sclerosis: In patients with a single clinical event suggestive of multiple sclerosis, efficacy has been demonstrated over a period of two years.
- syndrome: No cluster of symptoms suggestive of a discontinuation syndrome was observed.
- infection: Patients should be advised to report all symptoms or signs suggestive of infection.
- origin: Also suggestive of origins far back in the mists of time is the dedication stone placed above the south door.
- possibility: Something that is suggestive of the possibility of a radically different approach.
Adjective complement with noun phrase
develop: A small minority of people who develop symptoms suggestive of CFS have an underlying anxiety or depressive disorder.
Modifies a noun
- remark: Never make suggestive remarks or discriminatory comments to a child.
- parallel: In all this, suggestive parallels with language are hard to avoid.
- evidence: There is suggestive evidence that parental smoking may increase the risk of some childhood cancers.
- manner: Bernard wiggles his rear, shakes his thick mop of hair and continually sidles up to Brett in a surprisingly suggestive manner.
- comment: Never make sexually suggestive comments to a child, even in fun.
- title: Out of date gossip with a suggestive title Holier Than Thou 24 ed.
Modifying Another Word
- sexually: Never make sexually suggestive comments to a child, even in fun.
- richly: Empire is a glowing exception to this, a stunningly ambitious, multi-faceted, and richly suggestive book.
- strongly: Arch's dress in particular was strongly suggestive of such a mission.
- highly: I heard owls hooting at night; the whole place is highly suggestive of bygone times.
- merely: The simplicity of the model restricts our interpretations to be merely suggestive rather than definitive.
- extremely: Therefore he was extremely suggestive at his very best.
Used with adjective complement
seem: At the very least the above seem strongly suggestive of an effect, with Meyrowitz's study the most disturbing of all.
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