Thesaurus / stimulating
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And she fell to scolding him in the way he usually loved,—but at the moment found less stimulating for some reason.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODThis was a somewhat singular mode of stimulating, but he deemed it the wisest course, and acted on it.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEPeruvian guano is more stimulating than either, and makes a light-colored, thin leaf.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.Successive defeats, and the formidable front of the enemy, make it the more stimulating.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONThe tea was delicious in its first delicate infusion; the pickled plums most stimulating to a morning appetite.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSAThe smell of wild thyme mingling with the salt of the low-tide seaweed conveyed stimulating fragrance.
JAFFERYWILLIAM J. LOCKEAt the meeting he made a stimulating speech, and on the way home asked for advice.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 4, PART 3VARIOUSThe ewes are more likely to come quickly into heat, and prove prolific, if lightly fed with stimulating food at the time.
DOMESTIC ANIMALSRICHARD L. ALLENAll drudgery disappears in a rosy glow of unexpected, unique, and stimulating conditions.
PENELOPE'S EXPERIENCES IN SCOTLANDKATE DOUGLAS WIGGINReading which does not result in enlarging, stimulating, and refining one's nature is but a busy idleness.
SELECT SPEECHES OF DANIEL WEBSTERDANIEL WEBSTERWORDS RELATED TO STIMULATING
- adorning
- advancing
- artistic
- beautifying
- beneficial
- broadening
- civilizing
- constructive
- corrective
- developmental
- disciplining
- edifying
- educative
- elevating
- enriching
- expanding
- helpful
- humane
- humanizing
- influential
- inspirational
- instructive
- learned
- liberal
- liberalizing
- nurturing
- polishing
- promoting
- raising
- refined
- refining
- regenerative
- socializing
- stimulating
- uplifting
- widening
- absorbing
- affecting
- be a ball
- captivating
- charming
- cheerful
- cheering
- clever
- compelling
- delightful
- diverting
- droll
- enchanting
- engaging
- engrossing
- enjoyable
- enthralling
- enticing
- entrancing
- exciting
- fascinating
- fun
- funny
- gas
- gay
- humorous
- impressive
- inspiring
- interesting
- lively
- moving
- piquant
- pleasant
- pleasurable
- poignant
- priceless
- provocative
- recreative
- relaxing
- restorative
- riot
- rousing
- scream
- side-splitting
- stimulating
- stirring
- striking
- thrilling
- witty
- amative
- amatory
- amorous
- aphrodisiac
- bawdy
- blue
- carnal
- concupiscent
- earthy
- erogenous
- fervid
- filthy
- fleshly
- hot
- impassioned
- kinky
- lascivious
- lecherous
- lewd
- obscene
- off-color
- prurient
- purple
- raunchy
- raw
- romantic
- rousing
- salacious
- seductive
- sensual
- sexual
- spicy
- steamy
- stimulating
- suggestive
- titillating
- venereal
- voluptuous
- agitative
- animating
- appealing
- arousing
- arresting
- astonishing
- bracing
- breathtaking
- commoving
- dangerous
- dramatic
- electrifying
- exhilarant
- eye-popping
- far-out
- fine
- flashy
- groovy
- hair-raising
- heady
- hectic
- impelling
- impressive
- interesting
- intoxicating
- intriguing
- lively
- melodramatic
- mind-blowing
- moving
- neat
- overpowering
- overwhelming
- provocative
- racy
- rip-roaring
- rousing
- sensational
- showy
- spine-tingling
- stimulating
- stirring
- thrilling
- titillating
- wild
- zestful
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