stimulating

[ stim-yuh-ley-ting ]
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adjective
  1. causing interest, inspiration, or incitement to action: We offer a stimulating work environment with lots of opportunity for growth.

  2. 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.

  1. 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

1
First recorded in 1640–50; stimulate + -ing2

Other 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

Words Nearby stimulating

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How to use stimulating in a sentence

  • 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 Blackwood
  • This was a somewhat singular mode of stimulating, but he deemed it the wisest course, and acted on it.

    Hunting the Lions | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Peruvian guano is more stimulating than either, and makes a light-colored, thin leaf.

  • Successive defeats, and the formidable front of the enemy, make it the more stimulating.

    Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
  • The 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

stimulating

/ (ˈstɪmjʊˌleɪtɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. inspiring new ideas or enthusiasm

  2. (of a physical activity) making one feel refreshed and energetic

Derived forms of stimulating

  • stimulatingly, adverb

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