Meaning & use
suggestive
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Tending to suggest or bring to mind a particular idea, feeling, or association, especially indirectly.
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The music's slow, haunting melody was suggestive of loss and longing.
His raised eyebrow was suggestive of doubt, even though he said nothing.
A note on using this word
Often followed by 'of,' as in 'suggestive of'; it can also describe remarks or jokes that hint at something risqué without stating it directly.
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