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spreagadh — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • encouragement noun Words or actions that give someone confidence, support, or hope.
  • excitation noun The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  • impulse noun A sudden strong urge to act, often without thinking it through.
  • incentive noun Something that motivates or encourages a particular action.
  • inspiration noun A person, idea, or experience that stimulates creativity or motivation.
  • motivation noun The desire, drive, or reason behind a person's actions.
  • rebuke noun A sharp expression of disapproval; a scolding.
  • reproof noun An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.
  • stimulus noun Something that triggers a reaction or response.

Senses

spreagadh is used for these senses in English:

  • encouragement Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive
  • excitation The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  • impulse (physics) The integral of force over time.
  • incentive Something that motivates, rouses, or encourages.
  • inspiration The act or process of an elevating or stimulating influence upon the intellect, emotions or creativity.
  • motivation Willingness of action especially in behavior.
  • rebuke (of a person) A harsh criticism.
  • reproof An act or instance of reproving or of reprobating; a rebuke, a reproach, an admonition.

excitation — full definition

  1. noun The act of exciting or putting in motion; the act of rousing up or awakening.
  2. noun The act of producing excitement (stimulation); also, the excitement produced.
  3. noun The activity produced in an organ, tissue, or part, such as a nerve cell, as a result of stimulation.
  4. noun A transition of a nucleus, atom or molecule to an excited state by the absorption of a quantum of energy; the opposite of relaxation.

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