NOUN | act | arousal, rousing | the act of arousing |
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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 | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | The act of arousing. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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. | |
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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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