characterized by or pertaining to emotion: the emotive and rational capacities of humankind. productive of or directed toward the emotions: Artistic distortion is often an emotive use of form.
portent. A phenomenon that serves as a sign or warning of some future good or evil: augury, forerunner, foretoken, omen, prefigurement, presage, prognostic, prognostication, sign. Idiom: writing on the wall.
Definition of pest for Students. 1  1 : nuisance â¦ Kirsti was such a pest, always butting in. 2  2 : a plant or animal that is harmful to humans or property. 3  3 : pestilence.