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RELATED WORDS : emotional arousal sexual arousal

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun arousal has 4 senses

• arousal(n = noun.act) rousing - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"
is a kind of change of state
has particulars: awakening, wakening, waking up, excitation, excitement, incitation, incitement, inflaming, inflammation, inspiration, stirring, stimulation, titillation
Derived form verb arouse₁

• arousal(n = noun.state) Array - a state of heightened physiological activity; Array
is a kind of physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
has particulars: alerting, alertness, emotional arousal, excitation, innervation, irritation, sexual arousal, desire

• arousal(n = noun.cognition) Array - awakening from sleep; Array
is a kind of wakefulness
Derived forms verb arouse₂, verb arouse₅

• arousal(n = noun.act) foreplay, stimulation - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse; Array
is a kind of sex, sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice
has particulars: caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, necking, petting, smooching, snuggling, feel

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THESAURUS

arousal

a high, aggravation, agitation, animation, arousing, awakening, bringing out, calling forth, drawing out, eduction, electrification, emotion, evocation, exacerbation, exasperation, excitation, excitedness, excitement, exhilaration, firing, fomentation, galvanization, incitation, incitement, inflammation, infuriation, instigation, irritation, lathering up, manic state, pep rally, pep talk, perturbation, provocation, rabble-rousing, reveille, rousing, rude awakening, steaming up, stimulation, stimulus, stirring, stirring up, stirring-up, whipping up, working up

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Sexuality

N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.

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