arousing
Stirring from sleep
Arousing means stirring up or awakening something—emotions, interest, suspicion, or physical responses.
News can arouse curiosity, behavior can arouse suspicion, and a person or image can be sexually arousing.
The word often implies bringing something from dormancy into active state: The speech aroused the crowd to action.
Sexually stimulating
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- sensuousPleasing to the body
- titillatingPleasurably stimulating, often sensually
lusty · carnal · libidinous · aphrodisiac · tantalizing · provocative · steamy · passionate
Encouraging effort or ambition
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- movingEmotionally affecting
transformative · visionary · evocative · resonant · poignant · profound · thought-provoking · rallying
Intensely exciting
- electrifyingIntensely thrilling or stimulating
- exhilaratingIntensely invigorating or exciting
- grippingHolding attention completely
- rivetingCompletely holding one's attention
captivating · enthralling · spellbinding · breathtaking · suspenseful · intense · dramatic · pulse-pounding
Arousing eager interest
- thought-provokingPrompting serious reflection
- fascinatingExtremely interesting or captivating
- engagingPleasantly attractive, compelling attention
- compellingPowerfully engaging or persuasive
absorbing · provocative · challenging · curious · piquing · sparking · kindling · questioning
Imparting fresh energy
- revitalizingRestoring strength or energy
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
bracing · enlivening · exhilarating · vivifying · quickening · animating · fortifying · restorative
erotic
Sexually stimulating
titillating · lusty · carnal · libidinous · aphrodisiac · tantalizing · provocative · steamy · passionate · intimate
motivational
Encouraging effort or ambition
- empoweringGiving authority or confidence
- upliftingEmotionally encouraging
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
moving · transformative · visionary · evocative · resonant · poignant · profound · thought-provoking · rallying · impassioned
thrilling
Intensely exciting
- electrifyingIntensely thrilling or stimulating
- exhilaratingIntensely invigorating or exciting
- grippingHolding attention completely
riveting · captivating · enthralling · spellbinding · breathtaking · suspenseful · intense · dramatic · pulse-pounding · heart-stopping
intriguing
Arousing eager interest
- thought-provokingPrompting serious reflection
- fascinatingExtremely interesting or captivating
- engagingPleasantly attractive, compelling attention
compelling · absorbing · provocative · challenging · curious · piquing · sparking · kindling · questioning · probing
invigorating
Imparting fresh energy
- revitalizingRestoring strength or energy
- refreshingPleasingly restorative
- rejuvenatingRestoring youthful energy
awakening · bracing · enlivening · exhilarating · vivifying · quickening · animating · fortifying · restorative · vitalizing
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- I ChingI Ching, trigram, trigrams, hexagram, hexagrams
- sexualizedsexualized, erotica, pornographic, explicit, provocative
- invigoratingenergizing, revitalizing, refreshing, bracing, rejuvenating
arousingsoporific
Inducing drowsiness
boring · sedating · dulling · numbing · sleep-inducing
arousingrepulsive
Causing strong disgust
off-putting · unsexy · disgusting · turn-off · repellent
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