Arousing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈɹaʊzɪŋ/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Arousing is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of arouse.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of arouse.
More Meanings
- Causing arousal.
- (rare) An act or occurrence in which something is aroused
Example Sentences
I am having very arousing thoughts about my gym trainer when he's in his tight shorts.
There is a mob in every drama--poor mob that always loses, of untimely arousings, mere bewildered strength in the wiles of strategy.
These excursions of the soul into the realm of matter, thus made by and through the offices of clairvoyants and seers, the repeated arousings of the ego from its contented sleep are finally highly educational, and result in resurrecting the forces of the enfranchised being, and setting them in motion on the lines of useful work for humanity.
Word Forms
- arousings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include excite, stimulate, energize, stir, awaken, wake.
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