arousing

Plural: arousings

Verb

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
• stop sleeping
• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
• cause to be alert and energetic
• cause to become awake or conscious
• to begin moving,
• stimulate sexually
• present participle and gerund of arouse

Adj

• Causing arousal.

Noun

• An act or occurrence in which something is aroused

Examples

• I am having very arousing thoughts about my gym trainer when he's in his tight shorts.

Synonyms

arouse, awake, awaken, brace, bring up, call down, call forth, come alive, conjure, conjure up, elicit, energise, energize, enkindle, evoke, excite, fire, invoke, kindle, perk up, provoke, put forward, raise, rouse, sex, stimulate, stir, turn on, wake, wake up, waken, wind up

Antonyms

cause to sleep, de-energise, de-energize, fall asleep, sedate

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