unaroused
7.4
Not feeling sexual or physical excitement
- adjective
- /ˌʌnəˈraʊzd/
- NSFW
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desinteresado
- In a detached, clinical manner, Roland brought the woman back into his mind, imagined being in bed with her, was reassuringly unaroused, smiled to himself at the absurdity of it all, then suddenly remembered where he had seen the tractor before.
Examples
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Despite their flirtatious comments, she was unaroused and focused on the conversation.
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After a long day at work, I felt completely unaroused and indifferent to everything around me.
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In front of Ai, who shyly opened up her body, Yu's penis remained miserably unaroused.
Fiction book (2002) -
Even in the romantic setting, he remained unaroused, unable to connect with his partner.
Synonyms
sexless
vsunaroused
3
6.8
Not feeling desire for close physical contact
refers to lack of sexual or bodily excitement now rather than absence of desire
unexcited
vsunaroused
1
3.7
Calm and not showing strong feeling
is about lack of sexual or bodily excitement rather than emotional calm
unstimulated
vsunaroused
5.4
Not feeling interested or excited to do things
is limited to sexual or physiological excitement rather than general interest
Antonyms
How Aroused
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unaroused comes from the prefix un- 'not' and arouse 'to wake up or excite'. So to be unaroused in the sexual or physiological sense is like an inner 'wake-up' that never happens, meaning no sexual or physical excitement.