stimulating
- adjective
- /ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtɪŋ/
- Her stimulating ideas encouraged the team to think outside the box and come up with innovative solutions.
We'll do our very best to be stimulating and engaging.
- We'll do our very best to be stimulating and engaging.
- So as much as it's stimulating, even that can be too much.
- For things that are new, novel, highly stimulating, or frightening.
- And hopefully it'll be stimulating and thought provoking for you.
- So I think it's going to be a stimulating conference.
- Well, this has been stimulating, to say the least.
- It's just one of those figures that I, I find him stimulating and I also admire his intellect.
- And if you can get past the presentation, there's a lot of really stimulating musical content in there.
- We'll stitch them all together and that will, as always, be very stimulating.
- We have to be well raised, well traveled, well read, highly, highly intellectually stimulating, and that will suffice to find a partner.
- So leucine is uniquely stimulating to skeletal muscle.
- It's like the maximal growth stimulating state.
Examples
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And hopefully it'll be stimulating and thought provoking for you.
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Well, this has been stimulating, to say the least.
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So as much as it's stimulating, even that can be too much.
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And it was a very, very stimulating first panel.
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We'll do our very best to be stimulating and engaging.
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I, I've personally, I found Borges to be quite stimulating when I was younger myself.
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IT'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER VERY INTELLECTUALLY STIMULATING EVENING.
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The professor gave a stimulating lecture that inspired many students to engage in discussions.
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After a stimulating debate, the participants felt energized and ready to take action.
Synonyms
Making people feel very interested and eager
Makes watching or listening enjoyable
Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster
Making you feel very happy and full of energy
Makes people feel a sudden, strong excitement
Holding your attention because it is pleasant or interesting
Causing people to become suddenly excited and ready to act
Giving something more energy and excitement
Making someone want to try or work harder
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A chemical made by a small gland at the base of the brain that helps eggs grow and sperm form
- Specialized
A chemical made by a gland in the brain that controls skin color by acting on cells that make pigment
A hormone from a small gland in the brain that makes females release eggs and males produce male hormones
- Specialized
A chemical made by a gland at the base of the brain that tells the thyroid to make hormones
How Stimulating
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Morphology
Etymology
Stimulating comes from the Latin word stimulus, which meant a 'poke' or 'nudge' used to make an animal move. So a stimulating thing is like a small push that makes you feel more active, alert, or interested.