STIMULATING
exhilarating, stimulating
(adjective) making lively and cheerful; “the exhilarating effect of mountain air”
stimulating
(adjective) rousing or quickening activity or the senses; “a stimulating discussion”
stimulant, stimulating
(adjective) that stimulates; “stimulant phenomena”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
stimulating (comparative more stimulating, superlative most stimulating)
Having a manner that stimulates.
Verb
stimulating
present participle of stimulate
Source: Wiktionary
STIMULATE
Stim"u*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stimulated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Stimulating.] Etym: [L. stimulatus, p.p. of stimulare to prick or
goad on, to incite, fr. stimulus a goad. See Stimulus.]
1. To excite as if with a goad; to excite, rouse, or animate, to
action or more vigorous exertion by some pungent motive or by
persuasion; as, to stimulate one by the hope of reward, or by the
prospect of glory.
To excite and stimulate us thereunto. Dr. J. Scott.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: To excite; to irritate; especially, to excite the activity of
(a nerve or an irritable muscle), as by electricity.
Syn.
– To animate; incite; encourage; impel; urge; instigate; irritate;
exasperate; incense.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition