Antonyms for suggestive

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh g-jes-tiv, suh-

Phonetic Transcription : səgˈdʒɛs tɪv, sə-

Definition of suggestive

Origin : 1630s, "conveying a hint," from suggest + -ive. Specifically as a faintly euphemistic reference to proposals of indecent behavior, from 1888. Related: Suggestively; suggestiveness.

adj signifying
adj dirty, vulgar

Example sentences :

His whole appearance was suggestive of the shady side of life.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Applied to the literary history of a race, this principle is suggestive.
Extract from : « The American Mind » by Bliss Perry

Such aberration can only be explained by suggestive influence on the part of men.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

A hypnotizer may abuse his suggestive power to exploit the love of the hypnotized.
Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel

All things in which there is opposition or proportion are suggestive of reflection.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

Its name is suggestive of Columbia, and our country is often called by that name.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

Thrasymachus, I said to him, excellent man, how suggestive are your remarks!
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

But I will proceed to the other speech, which, as I think, is also suggestive to students of rhetoric.
Extract from : « Phaedrus » by Plato

I could feel its every motion with startling and suggestive distinctness.
Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various

So insatiable a thing it is and so suggestive of mad fantasy.
Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon

Synonyms for suggestive

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