arousal
The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
Other meanings
Sexual arousal.
“Some people get arousal from the depiction of feet.”
A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.
Related words
- autoarousal
- hyperarousal
- hypoarousal
- microarousal
- nonarousal
- overarousal
- rearousal
- underarousal
- performance arousal
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “arousal” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.