| NOUN | act | arousal, rousing | the act of arousing |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | arousal | a state of heightened physiological activity | |
| cognition | arousal | awakening from sleep / sleep / sleep | |
| act | arousal, foreplay, stimulation | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse |
| Sounds | eraw'zahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | The act of arousing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" | |
| Synonym | rousing | |
| Narrower | awakening, wakening, waking up | The act of waking |
| excitation, excitement | Something that agitates and arouses | |
| incitation, incitement | An act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating / instigating | |
| inflammation, inflaming | arousal / arousal to violent emotion | |
| inspiration, stirring | Arousing to a particular emotion or action | |
| stimulation | The act of arousing an organism to action | |
| titillation | An agreeable arousal | |
| Broader | change of state | The act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics / characteristics |
| Catalan | deixondiment, estimulació | |
| Verbs | arouse | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Meaning | A state of heightened physiological activity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | alertness, alerting | A state of readiness to respond |
| desire | Something that is desired | |
| emotional arousal | The arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior | |
| excitation, innervation, irritation | The neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland | |
| sexual arousal | The arousal / arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior | |
| Broader | physical condition, physiological state, physiological condition | The condition or state of the body or bodily functions |
| Spanish | despertamiento | |
| Meaning | awakening from sleep / sleep / sleep. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | wakefulness | A periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world |
| Spanish | despertar | |
| Verbs | arouse | cause to become awake or conscious |
| arouse | stop sleeping | |
| Meaning | mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | foreplay, stimulation | |
| Narrower | caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling | affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) |
| feel | manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure | |
| Broader | sexual activity, sexual practice, sex, sex activity | Activities associated with sexual intercourse |
| Spanish | estimulación, exitación, foreplay, juego sexual, preámbulo sexual | |
| Catalan | estimulació, exitació, foreplay | |
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