arouse
(verb)
verb
1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
- arouse pity
Similar word(s): elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
Definition categories: emotion, create, make
2. stop sleeping
Similar word(s): awake, awaken, wake, waken
Definition categories: body, turn
3. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
Similar word(s): conjure, evoke, invoke, raise, stir
Definition categories: creation, summon
4. cause to be alert and energetic
Similar word(s): brace, energise, energize, stimulate
Definition categories: body, affect
5. cause to become awake or conscious
Similar word(s): awaken, rouse, wake, waken
Definition categories: body, alter, change, modify
6. to begin moving
Similar word(s): stir
Definition categories: motion, move
7. stimulate sexually
- This movie usually arouses the male audience
Definition categories: emotion, excite, shake, stimulate, stir
Sentences with arouse as a verb:
- to arouse compassion; to arouse jealousy; to arouse anger
- I can't keep my eyes off the dancer; she arouses me greatly.
- She was snoring and nothing would arouse her.