stimulating

American  

[stim-yuh-ley-ting] / ˈstɪm yəˌleɪ tɪŋ /

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.

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Other Word Forms

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

Etymology

Origin of stimulating

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

Example Sentences

And aggressively shrinking the Fed’s balance sheet would tighten financial conditions, which works against the goal of stimulating the economy through rate cuts and might even alarm market participants.

From MarketWatch

Gates has assembled a stimulating, illuminating, maddening, saddening, but often inspiring, story of their relations with the world and one another.

From Los Angeles Times

Schiff said the bill would lower prices by stimulating the development of “millions of affordable homes.”

From Los Angeles Times

In Japan, the government announced a fiscal stimulus package worth 2.8% of GDP in November aimed at alleviating high living costs and stimulating investments and military spending.

From The Wall Street Journal

The scale of the investment boom underway in the U.S. has likely raised the rate of interest at which the Fed is neither restraining nor stimulating growth, the IMF said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• appealing
• challenging
• exhilarating
• hectic
• inspiring
• interesting
• invigorating
• lively
• provocative
• thought-provoking
• thrilling