unarousing
- adjective
- The lecture was so unarousing that several students struggled to stay awake.
Examples
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Despite the beautiful setting, the play felt unarousing and failed to capture the audience's attention.
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He found the book unarousing and quickly lost interest after the first few chapters.
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The lecture was completely unarousing.
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I found the movie to be rather unarousing.
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The documentary was so unarousing that many viewers turned off their televisions before it ended.
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Even with impressive visuals, the concert felt unarousing and left the audience indifferent.
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She described the novel as unarousing, finding it dull and unengaging from the start.
Synonyms
792
1.0
Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient
19
1.4
Not exciting and likely to make people bored
15
4.1
Not attractive, pleasant, or interesting
14
4.0
Not having new or interesting ideas
10
2.5
Not interesting or likely to make people want it
6
3.5
Not interesting or exciting
3
3.2
Not interesting or exciting
2
6.9
Making something feel very dull and boring
1
4.2
Having no strong emotion and not exciting
1
5.8
Making people feel bored
1
5.1
Does not interest, excite, or make people feel energetic
1
9.3
Feeling bored, tired, and not interested
1
4.5
Does not make people laugh
1
4.6
Not interesting and does not hold attention
1
6.0
Calm and not meant to excite or shock people
1
5.5
Not attractive and not likely to make you want it
1
6.8
Causes people to lose interest because it is dull
1
7.7
Does not make people feel strong emotion
1
4.5
Not interesting to watch, read or listen to
1
5.5
Not causing strong feelings or interest in people
1
4.3
Not making someone feel interested or willing to do something
1
6.8
Not attractive or interesting
1
8.5
Not made more interesting or exciting
Not causing strong feelings or interest
Not causing strong excitement
Boring and not interesting to think about or feel
Very boring and hard to pay attention to
Antonyms
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
unarousing = arousing (transparent) = un + arouse + ing
The adjective is formed by productive negation (un- + arousing), so learners who know 'arouse' and 'un-' can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Unarousing is made of un- 'not' and arousing, from arouse, like the word rouse, which means 'to wake up' or 'stir interest'. So unarousing describes something that does not wake or move your interest.