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arousal
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | making conscious or alert |
| Synonyms: | activation, animating, arousal, awaking, birth, enlivening, incitement, kindling, provocation, rebirth, renewal, revival, rousing, stimulation, stirring up, vivication, waking, waking up |
| Antonyms: | sleep, sleeping |
| Main Entry: | inspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idea, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | afflatus, animus, approach, arousal, awakening, brainchild, brainstorm*, creativity, deep think, elevation, encouragement, enthusiasm, exaltation, fancy, flash*, genius, hunch, illumination, impulse, incentive, inflatus, influence, insight, motivation, motive, muse, notion, revelation, rumble, spark, spur, stimulation, thought, vision, whim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | titillation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tickling |
| Synonyms: | arousal, excitement, exhilaration, stimulation, thrill |
| Main Entry: | erotism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire |
| Synonyms: | amativeness, amorousness, arousal, concupiscence, eroticism, libidinousness, lust, lustfulness, passion, prurience, pruriency, titillation |
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