stimolo

Definitions of stimolo
  1. noun
    any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action
    synonyms: fomite, incentivo, motore, spinta, spronata, sprone
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    delizia, felicità, gioia, raffinatezza
    something or someone that provides a source of happiness
    briga, canchero, disperazione, disturbo, fastidio, incomodo, malanno, menata, molestia, noia, noisità, pena, piaga, piattola, pittima, rogna, rompitore, rottura, scocciatore, seccatura, tormentone
    something or someone that causes trouble; a source of unhappiness
    cefalea, cruccio, grattacapo, inquietudine, preoccupazione
    something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
    ansia, ansietà, pena, pensiero, preoccupazione
    something that causes great unhappiness
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    informativa
    knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  2. noun
    the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
    synonyms: incentivo, incitamento, spinta, spronata, sprone
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    convincimento, convinzione, persuasione
    the act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action
  3. noun
    a strong spontaneous and irrational motivation
    synonyms: impulso, istinto
  4. noun
    a pointed instrument that is used to prod into a state of motion
    synonyms: pungolo
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    contrafforte, sperone, sprone
    a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward
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    strumento
    an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose
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