Arouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To awaken from or as if from sleep.
  • v. To stir up; excite: The odd sight aroused our curiosity. See Synonyms at provoke.
  • v. To stimulate sexual desire in.
  • verb-intransitive. To be or become aroused.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To stimulate feelings.
  • v. To sexually stimulate.
  • v. To wake from sleep or stupor.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To excite into action; stir or put in motion or exertion; awaken: as, to arouse attention; to arouse one from sleep; to arouse dormant faculties.
  • Synonyms To rouse, wake up, awaken, animate, incite, stimulate, kindle, warm.
  • n. The act of arousing; an alarm.
  • n.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • v. cause to be alert and energetic
  • v. stimulate sexually
  • v. cause to become awake or conscious
  • v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • v. to begin moving,
  • v. stop sleeping
  • Verb Form
    aroused    arouses    arousing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move    turn    change state   
    Cross Reference
    aroused    arousal   
    Form
    aroused    arousing   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    rouse    excite    wake   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aus    Taos    allows    boughs    bows    brows    browse    carouse    chows    cows