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arouse

verb

1 arouse

Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses):
— Arouse pity.

synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.

Roget 824: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, ... show more

Dutch: ontlokken, bovenhalen, evoceren, evoqueren, oproepen, wekken

2 arouse

Stop sleeping.

synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken.

Dutch: wakker maken, oproepen, wekken, wakker worden, ontsluimeren, ontwaken

3 arouse

Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.

synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir.

Dutch: goochelen, ontbieden, oproepen, zwarte magie beoefenen, toveren

4 arouse

Cause to be alert and energetic.

synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate.

5 arouse

Cause to become awake or conscious.

synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken.

Roget 615: induce, move; draw, draw on; bring in its train, give an impulse etc. n.; to; inspire; put up to, prompt, call up; attract, ... show more

Dutch: wekken, wakker worden, wakker maken, zich opwekken, ontwaken

6 arouse

To begin moving.

synonym: stir.

7 arouse

Stimulate sexually:
— This movie usually arouses the male audience.

synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up.

Dutch: opwinden, opwekken


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 ... show more.

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