rousing

1. The act of arousing (synset 100243675)
   "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions"
   is a type of: change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
   subtypes:

   • awakening, wakening, waking up - the act of waking
   • excitation, excitement - something that agitates and arouses
   • incitation, incitement - an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating
   • inflaming, inflammation - arousal to violent emotion
   • inspiration, stirring - arousing to a particular emotion or action
   • stimulation - the act of arousing an organism to action
   • titillation - an agreeable arousal
   same as: arousal

1. Capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement (synset 302314706)
   "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"
   similar to: stimulating - rousing or quickening activity or the senses
   same as: stirring
2. Rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading (synset 301903674)
   "tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation"
   similar to: provocative - serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy

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