English to English
arouse
(/@/'r/AU/z
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verb (v)
- stop sleeping(verb.body)Synonym:
awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken
Antonym:
dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod offsource: wordnet30 - summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic(verb.creation)Synonym:
bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stirsource: wordnet30 - cause to be alert and energetic(verb.body)source: wordnet30
- stimulate sexually(verb.emotion)Example:
This movie usually arouses the male audience.
source: wordnet30 - To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.(verb)source: webster1913