sexual arousal
Physical desire response
Sexual arousal is the state of physical and mental excitement that precedes or accompanies sexual activity.
The body responds with increased blood flow to the genitals, elevated heart rate, and heightened sensitivity.
Arousal can be triggered by physical touch, visual stimuli, fantasy, or emotional connection: The scene was meant to suggest sexual arousal without showing anything explicit.
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- stimulationEvoking a response
- erectionAct of building upward
- orgasmPeak sexual pleasure
- hard-onPenile engorgement
aphrodisiacs · horniness · excitement · pheromones · hotness · eroticism · bedroom eyes · breathless · racing heart · throb · cybersex · tingle · flush · weak in the knees · sensuality · intimacy · lust · tension
- cholinergic systemacetylcholine, cholinergic, choline, cholinesterase, parasympathetic
- body reflexesreflex, reflexes, reflex actions, blinking, sneezing
- autonomic systemsympathetic, parasympathetic, vagus nerve, fight or flight, rest and digest
- sexual disorderserectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, vaginismus, low libido, impotence
sexual arousaldisgust
Intense physical aversion
repulsion · revulsion · asexuality · disinterest · apathy
sexual arousalplatonic love
Emotional bond sans desire
familial love · agape · brotherly love · sisterly love · friendship
sexual, arouse, pansexual, sexuality, aroused, bisexual, arousal, arousing, asexual