arouse
to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd;to arouse suspicion.
to stimulate sexually.
to awaken; wake up: The footsteps aroused the dog.
to awake or become aroused: At dawn the farmers began to arouse.
Origin of arouse
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Other words from arouse
- a·rous·a·bil·i·ty [uh-rou-zuh-bil-i-tee] /əˌraʊ zəˈbɪl ɪ ti/ noun
- a·rous·a·ble, adjective
- a·rous·al [uh-rou-zuhl], /əˈraʊ zəl/, noun
- a·rous·er, noun
- re·a·rouse, verb, re·a·roused, re·a·rous·ing.
- un·a·rous·a·ble, adjective
- un·a·rous·ing, adjective
Words that may be confused with arouse
- arose, arouse
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How to use arouse in a sentence
Poor coordination, meanwhile, can arouse musicians’ lateral prefrontal cortex regions to impose control and ground them before they can take flight.
We’re More of Ourselves When We’re in Tune with Others - Issue 104: Harmony | Kevin Berger | July 21, 2021 | NautilusBy introducing these arousing toys into your cat’s play routine, you can avoid impromptu fights between, say, your cat’s claws and your couch, as well as unnecessary weight gain.
Best cat toys: Your favorite feline will give two paws up to these cat accessories | Irena Collaku | July 21, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThey electrically aroused the cell milliseconds before wiggling a whisker.
How to Unlearn a Disease - Issue 103: Healthy Communication | Kelly Clancy | July 14, 2021 | NautilusThe book probed the discipline’s theoretical underpinnings in addition to exploring more provocative questions, such as whether analysts were ever aroused by their patients’ fantasies.
Janet Malcolm, elegant and incisive writer for the New Yorker, dies at 86 | Harrison Smith | June 17, 2021 | Washington Post“We want to arouse curiosity for these authors and, consequently, curiosity about books,” explains Aurora Pedro Pinto of Livraria’s executive board.
She sought to arouse what attention she could by running for governor as the most libertine of libertarians.
Kristin Davis, Self-Styled Spitzer Madam, Is Arraigned on Drug Charges | Michael Daly | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTShe was more interested in the way fashion played out in popular culture, they way it could arouse, empower and provoke.
Helen Gurley Brown’s Fashion Sense: the Power of Cleavage | Robin Givhan | August 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTBut while horror films excite and arouse, they “often leave people feeling nervous and unsettled,” despite any catharsis.
The idea that women must be cloaked and hidden from display lest they arouse male lust is not unique to Islam.
Why did such a simple, grainy, black-and-white photograph arouse such reaction?
The student who does not intend to arouse himself need hope for no keen sense of beauty.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickIf he had set out to arouse emotion in these two sluggish breasts he had done so with a vengeance.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeAll arouse themselves, thinking at first that it is a fire; but the master of the house springing up, throws the window open.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandHer soul, untouched by human passion or human skill, demands the power of god-like genius to arouse it.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaEvidently the stranger was not impressed by Scattergood in a manner to arouse him to a notable exertion of courtesy.
Scattergood Baines | Clarence Budington Kelland
British Dictionary definitions for arouse
/ (əˈraʊz) /
(tr) to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate
to awaken from sleep
Derived forms of arouse
- arousal, noun
- arouser, noun
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