Synonyms of the word

provocative

• adj. Serving or tending to elicit a strong, often negative sentiment in another person; exasperating.
• adj. Serving or tending to excite, stimulate or arouse sexual interest.
• n. (now historical) Something that provokes an appetite, especially a sexual appetite; an aphrodisiac.

agitating

• v. present participle of agitate.

agitative

• adj. Tending to agitate.

challenging

• v. present participle of challenge.
• adj. Difficult, hard to do.
• n. The act of making a challenge.

charged

• v. simple past tense and past participle of charge.

exciting

• v. present participle of excite.
• adj. creating or producing excitement.

incendiary

• adj. Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire.
• adj. Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion.
• adj. Inflammatory, emotionally charged.
• n. Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon.
• n. One who maliciously sets fires; an arsonist.
• n. (figuratively) One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels; an agitator.

inflammatory

• adj. Tending to inflame or provoke somebody.
• adj. Causing or caused by inflammation.
• n. Any material that causes inflammation.

instigative

• adj. Tending to instigate.

intriguing

• adj. Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
• adj. (archaic) Having clandestine or illicit intercourse.
• v. present participle of intrigue.
• n. (dated) An intrigue.

provoking

• v. present participle of provoke.

rabble-rousing

• adj. Alternative spelling of rabblerousing.

rousing

• adj. That rouses or excites.
• v. present participle of rouse.
• n. The act by which somebody or something is roused.

seditious

• adj. Of, related to, or being involved in sedition; treasonous or subversive.

sexy

• adj. (of a person) Having sexual appeal; suggestive of sex.
• adj. That can sexually attract or arouse.
• adj. (of a thing or concept) interesting, attractive or appealing.
• adj. (rare, slang) Sexual.
• adj. (mathematics) Used to describe prime numbers that differ from each other by six.