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arousing
adjective as in exciting
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Strong matches
adjective as in hopeful
Strongest matches
adjective as in intriguing
adjective as in moving
Strongest matches
adjective as in pitiable
Weak matches
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- poor
- rueful
- ruthful
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
adjective as in pitiful
Strongest matches
adjective as in provocative
adjective as in quickening
adjective as in reinvigorating
Strong matches
adjective as in renewing
Strong matches
adjective as in roborant
Weak matches
- adrenalizing
- appealing
- bracing
- breathtaking
- challenging
- electrifying
- energizing
- exhilarant
- exhilarating
- gripping
- hair-raising
- hectic
- innerving
- inspiring
- interesting
- intoxicating
- invigorating
- lively
- moving
- provocative
- refreshing
- reinvigorating
- renewing
- restorative
- rousing
- spine-tingling
- stimulating
- stirring
- thought-provoking
- thrilling
- titillating
adjective as in ruthful
Weak matches
- abject
- affecting
- afflicted
- base
- beggarly
- cheap
- cheerless
- comfortless
- commiserative
- compassionate
- contemptible
- deplorable
- despicable
- dismal
- distressed
- distressing
- grievous
- heartbreaking
- heartrending
- inadequate
- insignificant
- joyless
- lamentable
- low
- mean
- miserable
- mournful
- moving
- paltry
- pathetic
- piteous
- pitiable
- poor
- rueful
- sad
- scurvy
- shabby
- sorrowful
- sorry
- stirring
- suffering
- tearful
- touching
- vile
- woeful
- worthless
- wretched
adjective as in sensual
adjective as in sexy
adjective as in stimulating
adjective as in stirring
adjective as in vitalizing
adjective as in vivifying
Example Sentences
Their only sin, as things stand, is arousing disgust.
When you’re a teenager, everything is inspiring, arousing, heartbreaking and hilarious.
"They provide heads of state and government with a good excuse to break existing schedules for urgent discussions on current problems without arousing public expectations," he wrote in his book, Diplomacy: Theory and Practice.
“The scene I find most arousing is when she drinks the milk and he’s at the other side of the bar. They don’t even touch.”
He loves his family and is as sexually arousing as unbuttered toast, but he's reliable.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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