stimulated
USSTIM-yuh-lay-tid/ˈstɪmjəˌleɪtɪd/UKSTIM-yuu-lay-tid/ˈstɪmjʊleɪtɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of stimulate. Use this form for something that already happened, or after words like have or was.
The strong coffee stimulated her enough to finish the report.
His curiosity was stimulated by the strange noise upstairs.
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- 2Feeling excited and full of energy because something has woken up your interest.
Like a sleepy person who suddenly wakes up full of energy after a cold splash of water.
She felt stimulated and eager to start the new project.
The audience seemed unusually stimulated by the energetic performance.
Similarenergized, invigorated, excited, inspired, engaged
Oppositebored, uninspired, listless
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stimulated is a form of stimulate
stimulate, verb: To make someone more active or eager to do something. Full entry
- Forms
- stimulatestimulates he/she/itstimulating -ing formstimulated past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- stimulate → stimulated: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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