All pleasurable activities cause arousal of the pleasure centers of the brain.
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Arousal
//əˈɹaʊzəl//
Synonyms for "arousal" (59 found)
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Closest matches (12)
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Related words (29)
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41 translations across 13 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 喚起 /唤起 noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- 激發 /激发 noun (sexual arousal)
- 興奮 /兴奋 noun (sexual arousal)
- 覺醒 /觉醒 noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
Finnish
3 entries- herääminen noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- kiihottuminen noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- kiihottuminen noun (sexual arousal)
French
2 entries- excitation noun (sexual arousal)
- éveil noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
German
4 entries- Aufwachen noun (arousal from sleep or hibernation)
- Aufweckung noun (arousal from sleep or hibernation)
- Erregtheit noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- Erregtsein noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
Italian
3 entries- arrapamento noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- eccitazione noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- foia noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
Japanese
3 entries- 喚起 noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- 興奮 noun (sexual arousal)
- 覚醒 noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
Polish
3 entries- pobudzenie noun (sexual arousal)
- podniecenie noun (sexual arousal)
- przebudzenie noun (arousal from sleep or hibernation)
Portuguese
4 entries- despertar noun (arousal from sleep or hibernation)
- excitação noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- excitação noun (sexual arousal)
- tesão noun (sexual arousal)
Russian
3 entries- бо́дрствование noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- возбужде́ние noun (sexual arousal)
- пробужде́ние noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- uzbuđenje noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- узбуђење noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
Spanish
3 entries- excitación noun (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused)
- excitación noun (sexual arousal)
- excitación sexual noun (sexual arousal)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagka-libog noun (sexual arousal)
Ukrainian
1 entries- збудження noun (sexual arousal)
Sample 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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