stimulating
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stimulate \Stim"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stimulated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Stimulating}.] [L. stimulatus, p. p. of
stimulare to prick or goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a
goad. See {Stimulus}.]
1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate,
to action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive
or by persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of
reward, or by the prospect of glory.
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To excite and stimulate us thereunto. --Dr. J.
Scott.
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2. (Physiol.) To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite
the activity of (a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by
electricity.
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Syn: To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate;
irritate; exasperate; incense.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
122 Moby Thesaurus words for "stimulating":
activating, agitating, alluring, analeptic, animating, animative,
aphrodisiac, aphroditous, ardent, arousing, bracing, breathtaking,
brisk, burning, challenging, charged, cheering, chill, chilly,
cliff-hanging, cool, coolish, cordial, corroborant, crisp, crispy,
disquieting, distracting, disturbing, electric, emphatic,
encouraging, energizing, enlivening, enthusiastic, eroticizing,
exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative, fervent, fiery, fresh,
galvanic, galvanizing, glowing, heady, heart-expanding,
heart-stirring, heart-swelling, heart-thrilling, impassioned,
impressive, inflammatory, inspirational, inspiring, interesting,
intoxicating, invigorating, invigorative, inviting, jarring,
jolting, juicy, lively, maddening, mind-blowing, moving,
overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, passionate,
perturbing, piquant, prompting, provocative, provoking, quickening,
racy, ravishing, readable, refreshful, refreshing, regaling,
restorative, reviving, rich, roborant, rousing, soul-stirring,
spicy, spirit-stirring, stimulant, stimulative, stirring,
strengthening, striking, succulent, suspenseful, suspensive,
tantalizing, telling, temperate, thought-challenging,
thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thrilling, thrilly, tickling,
titillating, tonic, troubling, unsettling, upsetting, urgent,
vehement, venereal, viable, vitalizing, warm, zestful, zesty
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