stimulating
stimulating adjective: having a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate. Also the present participle and gerund of stimulate.
Adjective
stimulating (comparative more stimulating, superlative most stimulating)
- Having a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
- Chestnuts, soaked in muscadel, then boiled, along with satyrion, pistachio nuts, pine kernels, cubebs, cinnamon, rocket seed and sugar. Compounded together, these ingredient form a stimulating electuary.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 60
- Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's...1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5
Also used as
stimulating is also the present participle and gerund of stimulate.
stimulating meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu
stimulating in Hindi
- that stimulates
- उत्तेजक uttejak
stimulating in Marathi
- उत्तेजक, उत्तेजन देणारी
stimulating in Bengali
- that stimulates
- উত্তেজক uttejok
stimulating in Telugu
- ఉత్తేజపరిచే
More languagesFewer languages
- stimulating in Malayalam
- ഉത്തേജിപ്പിക്കുന്ന
- stimulating in Kannada
- ಉತ್ತೇಜಕ
- stimulating in Punjabi
- ਉਤੇਜਕ
- stimulating in Odia
- ଉତ୍ତେଜକ
- stimulating in Nepali
- उत्तेजक
Examples of stimulating in a sentence
- It is like an act of apodyopsis, one of those mentally stimulating realities of seduction.
- Students, of course, know the difference between a deadly lecture and a stimulating one.
- Stimulating forces tingled more intensely from the lower underpull of gravity.
Forms of stimulating
| comparative | more stimulating |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stimulating |
Words formed from stimulating
Phrases with stimulating
Questions about stimulating
- What does stimulating mean?
- Stimulating means having a manner that stimulates; serving to stimulate.
- What is stimulating in Hindi?
- Stimulating in Hindi is उत्तेजक (uttejak). See Stimulating meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stimulating?
- Stimulating is an adjective.
Words near stimulating in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stimulating (page history and authors); stimulating (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stimulating (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stimulating (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stimulating (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stimulating (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stimulating (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stimulating (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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