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unarousing

unarousing

6.8
Not causing sexual excitement or desire
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnəˈraʊzɪŋ/
  • NSFW
translation icon : poco excitante
  • The film was surprisingly unarousing despite its romantic theme.

Examples

  • He chose an unarousing outfit for the meeting to keep things professional.

  • Many people prefer unarousing advertisements that focus on the product itself.

  • This movie is unarousing.

  • Don't you think this lecture is unarousing?

  • The film was surprisingly unarousing despite its romantic theme.

  • He chose an unarousing outfit for the meeting to keep things professional.

  • Many people prefer unarousing advertisements that focus on the product itself.

Synonyms

unsexy
vsunarousing
  • NSFW
4 5.3

Not sexually attractive or exciting to most people

focuses on not producing sexual excitement regardless of appearance
unerotic
vsunarousing
1 6.6

Not causing sexual feelings

focuses on absence of sexual stimulation rather than relation
nonerotic
vsunarousing
6.3

Does not relate to or cause sexual interest

shows absence of sexual arousal effect rather than stated intent

How Arousing

pornographic
  • Offensive
49 7.2
erotic
  • NSFW
113 6.5
neutral
24 3.5
unarousing
  • NSFW
6.8

Surface Forms

unarousing positive

Morphology

unarousing = arousing (transparent) = un + arouse + ing

This sense is the negative of the sexual-stimulation sense of 'arousing' and is formed regularly with un-.

Etymology

Unarousing is made of un- 'not' and arousing, from arouse, which can mean 'to excite', including 'to excite sexually'. So unarousing means 'not causing sexual desire' or 'not sexually stimulating'.