Definition of Arouse

Verb: arouse  u'rawz

  1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
    "arouse pity";
    - elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
     
  2. Stop sleeping
    - wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
     
  3. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
    "arouse the spectre of unemployment";
    - raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth
     
  4. Cause to be alert and energetic
    - stimulate, brace, energize, energise [Brit], perk up
     
  5. Cause to become awake or conscious
    - awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up
     
  6. To begin moving
    - stir
     
  7. Stimulate sexually
    "This movie usually arouses the male audience";
    - sex, excite, turn on

See also:
arousals
aroused

Anagrams containing the word arouse

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