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unarousable

unarousable

9.6
Not able to become sexually excited
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈraʊzəbl/
  • NSFW
translation icon : impotente
  • Some medical conditions can leave a person temporarily unarousable despite previous interest.

Examples

  • He was worried about being unarousable during intimate moments due to his medication.

  • He became concerned when he noticed he was unarousable for several weeks.

  • The patient was described as unarousable after taking the new medication.

  • After a long day, I felt completely unarousable.

  • He seemed unarousable after taking the medication.

  • After the surgery, he was unarousable for several hours, and the doctors monitored him closely.

  • Due to the sedative, she remained unarousable and did not respond to any stimuli.

Synonyms

impotent
vsunarousable
  • NSFW
16 7.7

A man who cannot have or keep an erection

refers to being unable to feel sexual desire or become excited rather than erection problems

Antonyms

aroused
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1 6.6

Feeling sexual excitement or desire

How Aroused

aroused
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1 6.6
responsive
61 4.0
unresponsive
10 4.9
unaroused
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7.4
unarousable
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9.6

Surface Forms

unarousable positive

Morphology

unarousable = arousable (transparent) = un + arouse + able

Formed by negation un- added to 'arousable' (arouse + -able), so the meaning 'not able to be aroused' is directly compositional.

Etymology

Unarousable comes from the parts un- 'not' and arouse 'to excite', with arouse related to the simple word rouse meaning 'to stir up'. So unarousable can also mean 'not able to become sexually excited', because it literally says someone cannot be 'aroused'.