EROTICIZATION Synonyms

• the act of arousing

• a state of heightened physiological activity

• awakening from sleep

• mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

• the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state

• an inclination to want things

• something that is desired

• feel or have a desire for; want strongly

• expect and wish

• express a desire for

• a strong feeling or emotion

• the suffering of Jesus at the Crucifixion

• the trait of being intensely emotional

• something that is desired intensely

• an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

• a feeling of strong sexual desire

• any object of warm affection or devotion

• a tart spicy quality

• the quality of being agreeably stimulating or mentally exciting

• unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment

• something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action

• needed encouragement

• enticing someone astray from right behavior

• an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

• the act of arousing an organism to action

• any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action

• (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.)

• mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse

• a tingling feeling of excitement (as from teasing or tickling)

• an agreeable arousal

• the act of tickling