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発音

• IPA: /sə(ɡ)ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɪv/
• ハイフネーション: sug‧ges‧tive

形容詞

suggestive (comparative more suggestive, superlative most suggestive)

1. Tending to suggest or imply.

   Synonyms: evocative, reminiscent

   The painting is abstract, but the colors are suggestive of fruit or the Mediterranean.

   • 1921, Ben Travers, “Tally-ho”, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC, part I (“Come He Will”), pages 64–65:

     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.

派生語

関連する語

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

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