stimulatingadj.
/ˈstɪmjʊleɪtɪŋ/ That stimulates.
1. Rousing to action or exertion; spurring or urging on; inciting; spec. inciting to mental activity.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [adjective] > inciting or instigating
stirring1421
movingc1443
provokingc1443
incitative1490
urgent1559
propulsory1585
pricking1592
pulsive1602
incentive1603
incitatory1610
urging1612
animalizing1617
impellent1620
irritant1636
instigative1644
propulsive1648
promptive1653
parastatic1656
exstimulatory1657
impulsory1659
appelling1666
irritative1686
instigating1702
spurring1702
stimulatinga1732
stimulatory1758
impulsive1788
stimulant1803
stimulative1836
exertivea1856
inciting1855
incitant1886
incitive1888
on-driving1927
incitory1941
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > [adjective]
cooling?c1425
comfortablec1440
refreshing1534
rousing1576
vegetant1576
reviving1579
refriscative1582
refrigerating1583
cordial1584
airy1591
freshing1591
animating1595
fertile1597
recreating1600
refective1611
refreshfula1614
comforting1623
refrigerant1626
erecting1654
cordialine1674
refocillating1675
corroboratinga1680
refectory1693
invigorating1694
restoring1697
freshful1734
enlivening1746–7
livelya1754
tonic1756
stimulatory1758
vivifying1768
energizing1786
stimulative1791
refreshening1807
vitalizing1813
stimulating1827
recuperative1843
invigorative1860
innerving1868
breezy1870
tonicizing1890
reparatory1893
a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. xv. 143 Urg'd by the stimulating goad, I [the ox] drag the cumbrous waggon's load.
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxv. 138 Urged on by the stimulating excitement afforded by publicity.
1873 R. W. Church On some Influences Christianity upon National Char. ii. 87 The sentences of Seneca are stimulating to the intellect.
1908 J. Wells Stewart of Lovedale iv. 29 Admirable and stimulating as he was as a preacher, Mr. Stewart was even more stimulating as a teacher.
2.
a. Physiology and Medicine. = stimulant adj. 2a, 2c.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [adjective] > stimulant
laetificant1638
laetificative1657
stimulating1684
titillatory1763
stimulant1772
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xix. 694/2 Aphrodisiacks are either 1. strengthners..Or 2. Stimulating.
1732 J. Arbuthnot Pract. Rules of Diet i. 255 Salts, which make it pungent and stimulating.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 198 The stimulating quality of light upon plants.
1836 A. Combe Physiol. Digestion 270 Quantities of stimulating animal food.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 57 Sea-weed is still more readily decomposed..and hence this manure is stimulating as well as enriching.
1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 284 A stimulating liniment containing turpentine and iodine.
b. spec. = stimulant adj. 2c. Now rare.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > stimulation > [adjective]
inflammatory1733
stimulant1785
irritative1796
stimulating1840
excitatory1874
pressor1890
reafferent1956
stimulatory1968
1840 T. B. Macaulay Ld. Clive in Ess. ⁋37 Stimulating drugs were employed to aid the effect of religious zeal, and the besiegers, drunk with enthusiasm, drunk with bang, rushed furiously to the attack.
1872 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Leviticus x. 10, 11 Abstinence..from stimulating drinks.
Draft additions 1993
ˈstimulatingly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > motivation > [adverb] > incitingly
stirringly1382
provokingly1615
pungitively1617
impulsively1825
incitingly1856
urginglyc1882
stimulatingly1927
1927 Observer 13 Nov. 9 They are stimulatingly dealt with here, and Mr. Mumford is not less successful with Henry James.
1987 C. Lloyd Year at Great Dixter 47 New hydrangea leaves and shoots have a stimulatingly sharp smell.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1684