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  • 121emotional — adjective Date: 1834 1. of or relating to emotion < an emotional disorder > 2. dominated by or prone to emotion < an emotional person > 3. appealing to or arousing emotion < an emotional sermon > 4. markedly aroused or agitated in feeling or&#8230; …

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  • 122entice — transitive verb (enticed; enticing) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French enticer, from Vulgar Latin *intitiare, from Latin in + titio firebrand Date: 14th century to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire ; tempt&#8230; …

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  • 123erogenous — adjective Etymology: Greek erōs + English genous, genic Date: circa 1889 1. producing sexual excitement or libidinal gratification when stimulated ; sexually sensitive 2. of, relating to, or arousing sexual feelings …

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  • 124excitor — noun Date: 1816 an afferent nerve arousing increased action of the part that it supplies …

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  • 125hateful — adjective Date: 14th century 1. full of hate ; malicious 2. deserving of or arousing hate • hatefully adverb • hatefulness noun …

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  • 126horrible — adjective Etymology: Middle English orrible, horrible, from Anglo French, from Latin horribilis, from horrēre Date: 14th century 1. marked by or arousing horror < a horrible accident > 2. extremely bad or unpleasant < a horrible mistake > <&#8230; …

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  • 127interesting — adjective Date: 1768 holding the attention ; arousing interest • interestingness noun …

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  • 128mouthwatering — adjective Date: 1900 arousing the appetite ; tantalizingly delicious or appealing < a mouthwatering aroma > • mouthwateringly adverb …

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