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arousals

noun

plural of arousal
as in intoxications

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  1. intoxications
  2. highs
  3. thrills
  4. frissons
Noun
  • Its graphic clarity teems with ornament and glitter, visual intoxications that signal delusions and snares.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2026
Definition of intoxications
Noun
  • Crude prices came off their session highs following the news, although prices remained elevated.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Temperature highs are at 83 degrees with winds blowing north at 15 mph and gusts as high as 25 mph, according to NWS Melbourne.
    — Garfield Hylton, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of highs
Noun
  • These are primal thrills most viewers can get behind, and having to slow down to explain the morality behind them makes for languid viewing.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The cars spiral over and under portions of the park’s multilevel escalator, and include four launches, an inverted dive loop, twisted pretzel loop, an inverted stall and other thrills, reaching speed of 72 mph.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of thrills
Noun
  • Although those claims are hotly contested, R1’s debut sent markets reeling and frissons through Silicon Valley.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 27 Jan. 2026
Definition of frissons
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