stimulating
causing interest, inspiration, or incitement to action: We offer a stimulating work environment with lots of opportunity for growth.
inciting; acting as a cause: Rapid technological change is described by some authors as a stimulating factor in the decline of traditional ways of growing food.
having the property of exciting a nerve, gland, etc., to its functional activity: This plant tincture has a stimulating effect on the liver, spleen, and digestive system.
Origin of stimulating
1Other words from stimulating
- stim·u·lat·ing·ly, adverb
- non·stim·u·lat·ing, adjective
- self-stim·u·lat·ing, adjective
- sem·i·stim·u·lat·ing, adjective
- un·stim·u·lat·ing, adjective
- un·stim·u·lat·ing·ly, adverb
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How to use stimulating in a sentence
Or, if your show is about ideas, then I think it has to be intellectually stimulating first.
While not the most stimulating for those less passionate about cattle, Grandin made it interesting.
The Most Inspiring Bits of Temple Grandin’s Reddit AMA | Emily Shire | November 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBy stimulating regions of the brain, the preservation of muscle activity and sensation can be confirmed.
DARPA’s $40 Million Plan to Save Soldiers’ Brains | Dr. Anand Veeravagu, MD, Michael Zhang | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt first this is integral to the fantasy; it's visually stimulating.
I decided not to let a wonderful, stimulating quarter-century at Vogue be diminished.
And she fell to scolding him in the way he usually loved,—but at the moment found less stimulating for some reason.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThis was a somewhat singular mode of stimulating, but he deemed it the wisest course, and acted on it.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantynePeruvian guano is more stimulating than either, and makes a light-colored, thin leaf.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Successive defeats, and the formidable front of the enemy, make it the more stimulating.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThe tea was delicious in its first delicate infusion; the pickled plums most stimulating to a morning appetite.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil Fenollosa
British Dictionary definitions for stimulating
/ (ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtɪŋ) /
inspiring new ideas or enthusiasm
(of a physical activity) making one feel refreshed and energetic
Derived forms of stimulating
- stimulatingly, adverb
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