'arouse' definitions:
Definition of 'arouse'
(from WordNet)
verb
Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" [syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]
verb
Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" [syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken] [ant: dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off]
verb
Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain" [syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]
verb
Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" [syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up] [ant: calm, de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize]
verb
Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." [syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse] [ant: cause to sleep]
verb
To begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir" [syn: arouse, stir]
verb
Synonyms of 'arouse'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aggravate,
- agitate,
- alarm,
- alert,
- anger,
- animate,
- annoy,
- awake,
- awaken,
- bestir,
- blow the coals,
- blow up,
- bring forth,
- bring out,
- bring to light,
- bristle,
- call forth,
- call out,
- call up,
- chafe,
- challenge,
- cry havoc,
- cry wolf,
- deduce,
- derive,
- drag out,
- draw forth,
- draw out,
- dynamize,
- educe,
- electrify,
- elicit,
- embitter,
- encourage,
- energize,
- enkindle,
- enliven,
- enrage,
- evoke,
- exasperate,
- excite,
- exhilarate,
- fan,
- fan the fire,
- fan the flame,
- feed the fire,
- ferment,
- fire,
- flame,
- fly storm warnings,
- foment,
- foster,
- frenzy,
- fret,
- frighten,
- galvanize,
- get from,
- get out of,
- hearten,
- heat,
- heat up,
- huff,
- impassion,
- incense,
- incite,
- induce,
- inflame,
- infuriate,
- instigate,
- invigorate,
- irritate,
- jazz up,
- key up,
- kindle,
- knock up,
- lather up,
- light the fuse,
- light up,
- liven,
- madden,
- miff,
- move,
- nettle,
- obtain,
- overexcite,
- peeve,
- pep up,
- perk up,
- pique,
- procure,
- provoke,
- put up to,
- quicken,
- raise,
- raise up,
- rally,
- rankle,
- revive,
- rile,
- roil,
- rouse,
- ruffle,
- secure,
- set astir,
- set fire to,
- set on,
- set on fire,
- set up,
- shake up,
- sic on,
- snap up,
- sound the alarm,
- sound the tocsin,
- spark,
- startle,
- steam up,
- stimulate,
- stir,
- stir the blood,
- stir the embers,
- stir the feelings,
- stir up,
- summon forth,
- summon up,
- thrill,
- tickle,
- turn on,
- vex,
- vitalize,
- wake,
- wake up,
- waken,
- wangle,
- wangle out of,
- warm,
- warm the blood,
- warn,
- whet,
- whip up,
- winkle out,
- work into,
- work up,
- worm out,
- worm out of,
- zip up