What does stimulating mean?

Definitions for stimulating
stim·u·lat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stimulatingadjective

    rousing or quickening activity or the senses

    "a stimulating discussion"

  2. stimulant, stimulatingadjective

    that stimulates

    "stimulant phenomena"

  3. exhilarating, stimulatingadjective

    making lively and cheerful

    "the exhilarating effect of mountain air"

Wiktionary

  1. stimulatingadjective

    Having a manner that stimulates.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Stimulating

    of Stimulate

Editors Contribution

  1. stimulatingverb

    Verb form of the word stimulate.

    It;s very beautiful to have stimulating company at dinner when friends or family are around.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 12, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stimulating in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stimulating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of stimulating in a Sentence

  1. H.L. Mencken:

    All zoos actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.

  2. Stuart Adam:

    Just stimulating demand [ through tax cuts ] isn't a great tool for getting out of [ a recession ].

  3. H. L. Mencken:

    All [zoos] actually offer to the public in return for the taxes spent upon them is a form of idle and witless amusement, compared to which a visit to a penitentiary, or even to a State legislature in session, is informing, stimulating and ennobling.

  4. Anne Morrow Lindbergh:

    Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

  5. Antonio Costa:

    Authorities are stimulating a culture of shoot first and find out who it is later, this culture must be confronted.

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