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- enjoys the good food and stimulating conversation at his best friend's house
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- a brisk, stimulating walk on a bright, clear wintry day
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- an article containing a stimulating argument for raising, not lowering, the tax on gasoline
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of stimulating (Entry 2 of 2)
- research into alternative energy sources has been stimulated by this funding increase
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- enkindling,
- exciting,
- fermenting,
- fomenting,
- inciting,
- inflaming
- (also enflaming),
- instigating,
- kindling,
- provoking,
- setting off,
- sparking,
- triggering,
- turning on,
- whipping (up)
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- burning out,
- debilitating,
- doing in,
- draining,
- enervating,
- enfeebling,
- exhausting,
- fagging,
- fatiguing,
- harassing,
- kayoing,
- knocking out,
- sapping,
- tuckering (out),
- undermining,
- washing out,
- weakening,
- wearing,
- wearing out,
- wearying
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- the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence
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“Stimulating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stimulating. Accessed 3 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of stimulating was in 1645
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