Meaning | rousing or quickening activity or the senses. |
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Example | "a stimulating discussion" |
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Narrower | challenging, thought-provoking | stimulating interest or thought |
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exciting | stimulating / stimulating interest and discussion |
piquant, salty | engagingly stimulating or provocative |
rousing, stirring | capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement |
thrilling | Causing quivering or shivering as by cold / cold or fear or electric shock |
See also | exciting | creating or arousing excitement |
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interesting | Arousing or holding the attention |
invigorating | Imparting strength and vitality |
moving | Arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion |
stimulative | capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
Opposite | unstimulating, unexciting | not stimulating |
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Spanish | estimulante |
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