stimulating

[stim-yuh-ley-ting]

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.

3. 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.

Other Word Forms

• stimulatingly adverb
• nonstimulating adjective
• self-stimulating adjective
• semistimulating adjective
• unstimulating adjective
• unstimulatingly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of stimulating¹

First recorded in 1640–50; stimulate ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

The insensible widow was carried off to the nearest sofa and made comfortable there, but even after the administration of smelling salts and several stimulating spoonfuls of schnapps, she could not be fully roused.

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Little we see is surprising, stimulating or even that futuristic.

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The Fed is reducing restraint but it isn’t stimulating loan growth.

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More importantly, they demonstrated that stimulating lysosome activity can restore this cellular "cleanup" function, helping remove progerin and reducing signs of cell aging.

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Nervo makes devices that treat chronic back and leg pain by stimulating the spinal cord.

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