[
US
/ɝˈaʊz/
]
[ UK /ɐɹˈaʊz/ ]
[ UK /ɐɹˈaʊz/ ]
VERB
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stimulate sexually
This movie usually arouses the male audience -
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
arouse pity
evoke sympathy
raise a smile -
cause to become awake or conscious
He was roused by the drunken men in the street
Please wake me at 6 AM. -
stop sleeping
She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock -
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
he conjured wild birds in the air
raise the specter of unemployment
call down the spirits from the mountain -
cause to be alert and energetic
Coffee and tea stimulate me
This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate -
to begin moving
As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir
How To Use arouse In A Sentence
- Football arouses a good deal of passion among its supporters.
- This can not be done through any system of methods, neither are narrow interests or unexacting tasks sufficient to arouse all that the soul has now to give. The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training
- There are few food topics that arouse as much emotion as fish and chips. Times, Sunday Times
- It is this which so powerfully arouses sentiment in us.
- He discovers he is aroused by jealousy, so he encourages the young doctor to flirt with his wife.
- He has become gruff and cold, a far cry from the playful, expansive carouser and rabble-rouser of the film's opening scenes. Come and Get It
- And I cajoled and caroused and codingled a steak dinner from her if she ever sold this novel. November 17th, 2009
- One of the "brightest minds" in his class, he was one of the laziest; one of the quickest and most agile when aroused, he was one of the torpids as a rule: One of the kind who should have "gone in for honors," as the faculty said, he came nearer going out for devilment. Found in the Philippines The Story of a Woman's Letters
- After many repetitions, the moment comes when the telling of the trauma story no longer arouses quite such intense feeling. Trauma and Recovery
- The girl was aroused, her expression mirroring her mentor's almost exactly as she raptly observed the scene. In the Midnight Hour