All pleasurable activities cause arousal of the pleasure centers of the brain.
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Arousal
/əˈɹaʊzəl/
Synonyms for "arousal" (83 found)
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Closest matches (17)
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Strong matches (25)
Adjective(2 words)
emotional feelingicelandic vakna
Noun(8 words)
Related words (41)
Verb(2 words)
incite angersparking
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Noun(13 words)
Adjective(1 words)
rapid energization
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12 entrieschange of statecognitive statemental statephysical conditionphysiological conditionphysiological statepsychological statesexsex activitysexual activitysexual practicewakefulness
More specific
7 entriesattentional arousalemotional arousalerotic arousalgenital arousalmotivational arousalphysiological arousalsexual arousal
Collocations
6 entriesarousal levelarousal systemarousal thresholdheightened arousalphysiological arousalsexual arousal
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Exhibitionism is characterized by achieving sexual arousal through the display of genitalia, usually to an unsuspecting stranger.
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I've never felt such a strange combination of fear and arousal.
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"Prurient" is a word that men use to blame other people for their sexual arousal.
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