suggestive

/səˈdʒestɪv/ adjective

Definition

› making you think about sex: suggestive comments/remarks

suggestive of sth formal › similar to something and making you think about it: The shapes are suggestive of human forms.

suggestively adverb

(Definition of suggestive adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

something which threatens to cause problems or unhappiness in the future

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