adjective
- Exciting, inspiring, or motivating someone to take action or feel energized.
Usage: Common in modern usage; often describes an effect or influence that stimulates enthusiasm or urgency.
verb
- Present participle of 'galvanise': to coat (steel or iron) with zinc to prevent rusting.
- Present participle of 'galvanise': to stimulate or shock someone into sudden action or awareness.
Usage: Technical/industrial sense; primarily British spelling (American: 'galvanize').
Usage: Figurative use; often implies a sudden or dramatic effect.
Examples
- The galvanising speech motivated the team to work harder than ever before.
- The factory uses a galvanising process to protect metal pipes from corrosion.
- News of the crisis had a galvanising effect on the community, bringing people together.
- The coach's galvanising words inspired the players to give their best effort.
- Steel is galvanised by dipping it in molten zinc.
- The scandal proved galvanising for reform advocates across the country.