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aroused

[ uh-rouzd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

stirred up to strong response:
The Legislature must answer for its actions to an informed and highly aroused public.
showing or feeling sexual excitement:
"I must ask you that question more often, husband," she says, an aroused glow in her eyes.
awake and alert:
In this long arctic winter the new moon makes me lethargic, and conversely the full moon keeps me pleasantly aroused and energetic.

Origin of aroused¹

Also, that people are less disgusted by certain sexual matters when they’re aroused.

Am I going to be turned on by a man I know is aroused by other men and has sex with other men?

Murder Boner” is a great one: “The thought of extinguishing a human life really makes me aroused.

“How it reached this animated video nobody knows, and this has aroused a debate on the social networks,” Badawy said.

But the man who truly aroused their fury is the Egyptian general-turned-president Abdel Fattah al Sisi.

This speech aroused great skepticism at Titanic's table, which in turn aroused bets.

Louis was not less astonished at this charge, than the Empress had been at the communication which aroused it.

Like an electric shock, the well-known chords of the Tragala aroused his hearers—every one crowded round the singer.

One day the hopes of all were aroused by a distant roar in the mountains, only to be dashed by finding it to be thunder.

The first was a democratic step indeed, and aroused great excitement.

It had been aroused a little by the stranger himself; secondly by their scared faces; thirdly by this close conference.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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