"arousing" meaning in English

See arousing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /əˈɹaʊzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-arousing.wav Forms: more arousing [comparative], most arousing [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-adj}} arousing (comparative more arousing, superlative most arousing)
  1. Causing arousal. Derived forms: arousingly, arousingness, nonarousing, unarousing Translations (causing arousal): kiihottava (Finnish), excitador (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-arousing-en-adj-RAjqlE7K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 5 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 74 8 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 6 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 71 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 68 8 23

Noun

IPA: /əˈɹaʊzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-arousing.wav Forms: arousings [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊzɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} arousing (plural arousings)
  1. (rare) An act or occurrence in which something is aroused Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-arousing-en-noun-EocbUxiM

Verb

IPA: /əˈɹaʊzɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-arousing.wav
Rhymes: -aʊzɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} arousing
  1. present participle and gerund of arouse Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: arouse
    Sense id: en-arousing-en-verb-NXiyo~6n

Inflected forms

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