arousal
(noun)
noun
1. the act of arousing
- the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
Similar word(s): rousing
Definition categories: act
2. a state of heightened physiological activity
Definition categories: state
3. awakening from sleep
Definition categories: thought, wakefulness
4. mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse
Similar word(s): foreplay, stimulation
Definition categories: act, sex
Sentences with arousal as a noun:
- bodily arousal
- emotional arousal
- to influence the arousal of brain and behavior
- Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet.
- the mechanism for arousal from sleep
- the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal