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kiihottaa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • arouse verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  • excite verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  • heat noun The energy or sensation of high temperature; warmth.
  • incite verb To urge or provoke someone into action, especially something violent or unlawful.
  • kindle verb To light or start a fire.
  • stimulate verb To encourage activity, growth, or interest.
  • stir verb To mix a liquid or substance by moving an object like a spoon through it.

Senses

kiihottaa is used for these senses in English:

  • arouse (transitive) To sexually stimulate.
  • excite (transitive) To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
  • get off (transitive, slang) To excite or arouse, especially in a sexual manner, as to cause to experience orgasm.
  • heat (transitive, figurative) To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
  • incite (transitive) To stir up or excite; to rouse or goad into action.
  • stimulate To arouse an organism to functional activity.
  • stir (intransitive) To be in motion; to be active or bustling; to exert or busy oneself.
  • titillate To stimulate or excite sensually.

arouse — full definition

  1. verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
  2. verb To sexually excite someone.
  3. verb To wake someone from sleep.

excite — full definition

  1. verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
  2. verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.

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