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
- verb To stir up or bring about a feeling, reaction, or interest.
- verb To sexually excite someone.
- verb To wake someone from sleep.
excite — full definition
- verb To stir up strong feelings in someone, especially enthusiasm or eagerness.
- verb In physics, to push an electron up to a higher energy level, or to energize a magnet so it produces a field.