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intriguing
Exciting interest or curiosity; fascinating
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  1. Exciting interest or curiosity; fascinating
high-spirited
Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
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  1. Having a proud or unbroken spirit:
  2. Vivacious; lively:
  3. Having or showing a courageous or bold spirit
bracing
Invigorating or refreshing; strengthening:
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  1. Invigorating or refreshing; strengthening:
  2. Invigorating; stimulating; refreshing
rousing
Extraordinary; remarkable
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  1. Extraordinary; remarkable
  2. Very active or lively; vigorous; brisk
  3. Used as an intensive:
energetic
Of or relating to energy.
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  1. Of or relating to energy.
  2. Of, having, or showing energy; vigorous; forceful
  3. Possessing, exerting, or displaying energy.
refreshing
Pleasingly new or different
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  1. Pleasingly new or different
  2. Serving to refresh. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?)
  3. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
exhilarating
Refreshingly thrilling.
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  1. Refreshingly thrilling.
  2. Causing exhilaration; invigorating.
enjoyable
Giving or capable of giving enjoyment; pleasurable
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  1. Giving or capable of giving enjoyment; pleasurable
  2. Pleasant, capable of giving pleasure.
tonic
(Physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
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  1. (Physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
  2. Of, producing, or tending to produce good muscular tone, or tension
  3. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.
sharp
Having clear form and detail:
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  1. Having clear form and detail:
  2. Strongly affecting the senses of smell and taste:
  3. Abrupt or acute:
keen
Sharp; vivid; strong:
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  1. Sharp; vivid; strong:
  2. Having a sharp edge or point; that can cut well
  3. Strongly felt or perceived; intense; strong
evocative
Tending or having the power to evoke.
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  1. Tending or having the power to evoke.
  2. Tending to evoke a reaction or response, esp. an emotional one
  3. Vivid and seemingly realistic as in the artistic representation of a particular time, place, etc.
exciting
Causing excitement or agitation; stirring, thrilling, etc.
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  1. Causing excitement or agitation; stirring, thrilling, etc.
  2. Creating or producing excitement
  3. Creating or producing excitement:
inspiring
Tending to enliven, motivate, or exalt:
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  1. Tending to enliven, motivate, or exalt:
  2. Providing inspiration; encouraging; stimulating.
intoxicating
(Of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
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  1. (Of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
  2. Very exciting and stimulating, especially as if by alcohol or some stimulant.
provoking
That provokes; esp., annoying or vexing
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  1. That provokes; esp., annoying or vexing
  2. Troubling the nerves or peace of mind, as by repeated vexations:
rousing
Used as an intensive:
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  1. Used as an intensive:
  2. That rouses or excites
  3. Inducing enthusiasm or excitement; stirring:
bracing
Invigorating; stimulating; refreshing
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  1. Invigorating; stimulating; refreshing
  2. Invigorating or refreshing; strengthening:
exhilarant
Serving to exhilarate; exhilarating.
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  1. Serving to exhilarate; exhilarating.
  2. That exhilarates; exhilarating
exhilarating
Refreshingly thrilling.
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  1. Refreshingly thrilling.
  2. Causing exhilaration; invigorating.
intoxicating
(Of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
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  1. (Of a substance) Able to intoxicate; an intoxicant.
  2. Very exciting and stimulating, especially as if by alcohol or some stimulant.
refreshing
Serving to refresh.
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  1. Serving to refresh.
  2. Serving to refresh. (Should we delete(+) this redundant sense?)
  3. That refreshes someone; pleasantly fresh and different; granting vitality and energy.
restorative
Of or relating to restoration.
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  1. Of or relating to restoration.
  2. Tending to restore or capable of restoring; esp., capable of restoring health, strength, consciousness, etc.
  3. Tending or having the power to restore:
roborant
Restoring vigor or strength.
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  1. Restoring vigor or strength.
tonic
Of, producing, or tending to produce good muscular tone, or tension
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  1. Of, producing, or tending to produce good muscular tone, or tension
  2. (--- Medicine) Characterized by continuous tension or contraction of muscles:
  3. (--- Physiology) Of, relating to, or producing tone or tonicity in muscles or tissue:
Find another word for stimulating. In this page you can discover 48 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stimulating, like: inspiriting, intriguing, enlivening, arousing, high-spirited, bracing, rousing, energetic, refreshing, exhilarating and warming.

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  • The ridiculous subject was both mind stimulating and enjoyable.

  • Their tone is stimulating and lofty.

  • They should be planted in good soil, but not of too stimulating a character.

  • Emerson's verdict upon a greater thinker - that his was " not a mind to nestle in " - may be true of Herbart, but there can be no doubt as to the stimulating force of this master.

  • Harnack, both as lecturer and writer, was one of the most prolific and most stimulating of modern critical scholars, and trained up in his "Seminar" a whole generation of teachers, who carried his ideas and methods throughout the whole of Germany and even beyond its borders.

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