Arouse

Definition: Arouse

Arouse

Verb

1. Call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy".

2. Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock".

3. Evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic: "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain".

4. Cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me".

5. Cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM.".

6. To begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir".

7. Stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "arouse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Arouse \A*rouse"\, transitive verb. [imperative past participle Aroused; present participle verb or noun Arousing.]. (references)

Synonyms: Arouse

Activity

Look sharp; have all one's eyes about one; (vigilance); rise, arouse oneself, hustle, get up early, be about, keep moving, steal a march, kill two birds with one stone; seize the opportunity; lose no time, not lose a moment, make the most of one's time, not suffer the grass to grow under one's feet, improve the shining hour, make short work of; dash off; make haste; do one's best take pains; (exert oneself); do wonders, work wonders.

Excitation

Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.

Motive

Stimulate; (excite); spirit up, inspirit; rouse, arouse; animate, incite, foment, provoke, instigate, set on, actuate;act upon, work upon, operate upon; encourage; pat on the back, pat on the shoulder, clap on the back, clap on the shoulder.

Crosswords: Arouse

Though it wasn't a talent that would arouse the admiration of any of our friends, Jem and I had to admit he was very good at that, but that was all he was good at, we thought (To Kill a Mockingbird; writing credit: Harper Lee; Horton Foote)

Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz. I said come back tomorrow (The Wizard of Oz; writing credit: L. Frank Baum; Noel Langley)

And my homies is down so don't arouse my anga, fool (Gangsta's Paradise; performing artist: Coolio)

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Books

• Arouse Yourself! Humor and the Real Meaning of Stress! (reference)

• Sexual Key : How to Attract and Arouse a Woman in Minutes, using Words Alone [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Sounds That Arouse Me: Selected Writings (reference)

• Subconscious Mind How to Reach and Arouse, 1924 (reference)

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In order to arouse sympathy, the aristocracy were obliged to lose sight, apparently, of their own interests, and to formulate their indictment against the bourgeoisie in the interest of the exploited working class alone. (reference)

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Now and then, struggling against his fatigue, he made an effort again to arouse his intellect

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Health

Babies should be kept warm, but they should not be allowed to get too warm because an overheated baby is more likely to go into a deep sleep from which it is difficult to arouse. (references)

Business

Large-scale layoffs, especially in north China, can arouse opposition from the local government and from the workers themselves. (references)

Civil Liberties

United Kingdom

Individuals also are subject to prosecution for supporting or inviting support for a proscribed terrorist organization, arranging or addressing meetings by proscribed organizations, or wearing clothing or carrying or displaying articles that would reasonably arouse suspicion of membership in a proscribed organization. (references)

Singapore

Under the ISA, the Government may restrict or place conditions on publications that incite violence, that counsel disobedience to the law, that might arouse tensions among the various segments of the population (races, religions, and language groups), or that might threaten national interests, national security, or public order. (references)

Travel

Czech Rep

An attempt to take the city by storm with a flurry of quick meetings and barrage of e-mails is more likely to arouse suspicion than business. (references)

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Expressions using "arouse": arouse desire in smb. ♦ arouse enthusiasm ♦ arouse hate ♦ arouse hatred ♦ arouse smb.'s pity ♦ arouse suspicions ♦ arouse suspicious ♦ arouse the ambition. Additional references.

Albanian

zgjoj (awake, exalt, innervate, produce, provoke, quicken, rouse, waken, whet), shkaktoj (afflict, beget, breed, bring about, call forth, cause, contrive, create, do, draw, effectuate, engender, evoke, give, incur, induce, inflict, inspire, move, procure, produce, put, raise, sow, start, stir, strike, unchain, work, wreak), nxit (abet, actuate, begrime, bring, dare, dispose, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incendiarism, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), nxis (abet, actuate, animate, begrime, bring, challenge, dare, dispose, drive, egg on, encourage, enkindle, exhort, fan, fillip, foment, galvanize, goad, heat, impel, incite, induce, inflame, instigate, motivate, move, prod, prompt, provoke, push, quicken, stimulate, stir up, urge, whet, whip, whip up, work up), ngjall (awake, bestir, breed, bring to life, conjure, create, exalt, excite, feed up, heal, incur, infuse, inspire, interest, kindle, quicken, raise, revive, sow, wake, whet). (various references)

Arabic 

‏إستيقظ (awake, wake, wake up, waken), ‏إستحث (bustle, urge), ‏أيقظ (awake, awaken, awoken, call, raise, rattle, rouse, rout, wake, wake up, waken), ‏أثار (aggravate, awaken, bestir, burn, chafe, elicit, engage, evoke, exacerbate, exalt, excite, fan, ferment, flurry, foment, fray, frazzle, fret, fuss, gall, get, gravel, gripe, heat, impassion, inflame, infuriate, inspire, instigate, irritate, itch, jog, jostle, kindle, madden, move, outrage, pique, remnant, rile, rouse, sour, stimulate, switch on, tease, thrill, touch off, transport, trigger, trouble, turn on, unsettle, urge, vex, whet, whip, work). (various references)

Bulgarian 

събуждам (awake, awaken, call up, challenge, elevate, get up, rouse, shake up, wake, wake up, waken), възбуждам (actuate, agitate, engage, enkindle, excite, ferment, heat, inflame, irritate, key up, pique, provoke, raise, set up, stimulate, sting, stir, thrill, turn on), будя (awake, call, evoke, provoke, raise, wake), предизвиквам (bring, bring on, dare, defy, elicit, engender, fly in the face of, give birth, give rise to, give to rise, induce, instigate, invite, outbrave, pick, provoke, raise, rouse, set up, shape up, sow, stump, throw out a challenge, touch off, urge, work up). (various references)

Chinese 

激起 (aroused, Arousing). (various references)

Czech

vzrušit (excite, thrill, trouble), vzbudit (attract, call, excite, incur, kindle, to wake up, wake, wake up), vyburcovat (alarm, rouse, stir), probudit (awake, drum up, rouse, stir, wake, waken). (various references)

Danish

vække (awaken, wake, wake up). (various references)

Dutch

wekken (awaken, wake, wake up), wakker maken (awaken, wake, wake up), opwekken (abet, awaken, encourage, impel, instigate, spur on, stimulate, urge, wake, wake up). (various references)

Esperanto

veki (awaken, wake, wake up). (various references)

Faeroese

vekja (awaken, wake, wake up). (various references)

Farsi 

تحریک کردن (Actuate, Agitate, Annoy, Bestir, Edge, Egg, Excite, Fuel, Ginger, Goad, Hypo, Incense, Incite, Instigate, Motivate, Move, Pique, Prick, Prime, Provoke, Stimulate), بیدارکردن (Awake, Awaken, Raise, Waken), برانگیختن (Abet, Act, Actuate, Evince, Exacerbate, Exasperate, Excite, Heat, Impulse, Infuse, Instigate, Irritate, Nettle, Prod, Prompt, Provoke, Roust, Sick, Whet). (various references)

Finnish

herättää (awaken, call forth, wake, wake up, waken). (various references)

French

réveiller. (various references)

German

aufwecken (awaken, rouse, to wake up, wake, wake up, waken), aufrütteln (rouse, shake up, wake up), wecken (awake, awaked, awaken, awoken, bring back, call forth, create, excite, kindle, prompt, reveille, revive, rouse, spark, to awake, wake, wake up, waken, waking-up time), erwecken (awaken, bring back, inspire, raise, rouse, wake, wake up). (various references)

Greek 

ξεσηκώνω (rouse, stir up), εξεγείρω (revolt, rouse, stir), αφυπνίζω (awake, awaken, rouse, waken), διεγείρω υποψίες, διεγείρω (actuate, excite, incite, kindle, stimulate, switch on). (various references)

Hebrew 

להקיץ (awake, wake up). (various references)

Hungarian

felizgat (excite, madden, ruffle, to alarm, to chafe, to excite, to faze, to ferment, to flurry, to fluster, to flutter, to key up, to lash, to touch up, to unsettle, to wind up, to work up), felébreszt (awake, awaken, to arouse, to call up, to pique, to raise, to rouse, to wake, to waken, wake, waken). (various references)

Indonesian

membangunkan (build up, constitute, shape), membangkitkan (evore, generate, provoke), membangkit (rise up), gugah (complain, grouse, grumble, waken). (various references)

Irish

múscail (awake, awaken, wake), dúisigh (awake, awaken, wake). (various references)

Italian

svegliare (awake, be roused, call, reawaken, rouse, stir, to wake up, wake, waken), suscitare (cause, elicit, evoke, excite, inspire, kindle, provoke, rouse), risvegliare (awaken, revive, rouse, stir up, wake, wake up), provocare (bring on, cause, challenge, defy, dispose, elicit, incite, induce, invite, operate, produce, provoke, raise, rouse, set up, spark, stir, wake, work), destare (awake, kindle, wake, wake up, waken). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

突き動かす (to arouse, to stimulate, to stir up), 掻き立てる (to arouse, to stir up), 唆る (to arouse, to excite, to incite, to stimulate, to stir up, to tempt). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

そそる (to arouse, to excite, to incite, to stimulate, to stir up, to tempt), つきうごかす (to arouse, to stimulate, to stir up), かきたてる (to arouse, to stir up, to write up). (various references)

Korean 

깨우십시요 (Awaken). (various references)

Malay

membanguni (awaken, wake, wake up). (various references)

Manx

doostey (awaken, freshen, raise, start, stir up, switch on). (various references)

Norwegian

vekke (awaken, wake), vegge (awaken, wake, wake up). (various references)

Papiamen

spierta (awaken, wake, wake up). (various references)

Pig Latin

arouseay.(various references)

Portuguese

despertar (accelerate, awake, awaken, awakening, quicken, rouse, to wake, wake, wake up, waken). (various references)

Romanian

agita (agitate, brandish, bustle, churn, excite, fidget, flirt, flourish, flurry, flutter, fret, fume, incite, raise, rouse, ruffle, shake, shake up, shock, stir, trouble, vex, wag, waggle, wave, wriggle), trezi (awake, awaken, call, disabuse, evoke, hold up, hound on, induce, inspire with, knock up, prompt, raise, rip up, rouse, sharpen, wake, wake up), suscita (cause), stârni (cause, create, enkindle, excite, fan, ferment, generate, hunt out, incite, induce, invite, kick up, kindle, pander to, pique, quicken, remove, rouse, spring, start, stir, tickle), scula (awaken, call, get up, instrument, raise, rise, rout out, wake), deştepta (awake, awaken, call, call up, enkindle, enliven, evoke, knock up, raise, reveille, rouse, wake). (various references)

Russian 

разбудить (awaken, wake, wake up), ра, будить;пробуждать, будить (awake, awaken, awakens, awakes, call, raise, rouse, roused, wake, wake up, woke, woken), просыпаться (awake, awaken, wake, wake up), пробуждаться, пробуждать (bestir). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

alarmirati (alarm), probuditi (awaken, evoke, rouse, wake, wake up, waken), pothraniti (undernourish), pobuditi (induce, motive, move), izazvati (bring about, call up, cause, challenge, create, educe, engender, generate, induce, originate, produce, prompt, tempt, touch off, trigger, trigger off). (various references)

Spanish

excitar (Energize, excite, fan, incite, raise, rouse, stir up, titillate, urge on, work up), despertarse (awake, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken), despertar (arousal, awake, awaken, awakening, draw, get up, knock up, revive, rouse, wake, wake up, waken). (various references)

Sranan

wiki (awaken, wake, wake up, week). (various references)

Swedish

väcka (awake, awaken, bring up, call, evoke, give, introduce, kindle, rouse, wake, wake up, waken). (various references)

Thai

กระตุ้น (awake, awaken, egg on, energize, fuel, goad, goad into, goad on, lash, make, move, push, quicken, spur), ปลุกให้ตื่นขึ้น. (various references)

Turkish

uyandırmak (awake, awaken, call, disabuse, disabuse of, evoke, excite, inspire, kindle, knock up, provoke, quicken, recall, revive, rouse, rouse up, spark, stir, stir up, undeceive, wake, wake up, waken, whet), kaldırmak (abolish, blank out, blue pencil, boost, Brook, cancel, carry, clear, clear away, deration, do away with, elevate, erect, get up, give smb. a lift, heave, heft, hoist, hold, hold up, Jack, jack up, lift, lift up, move away, perk, perk up, pick off, pick up, poise, pull up, put aside, put away, put by, put up, quash, raise, reap, rear, receive, remove, scoop up, setaside, take off, take up, turn up, upheave, uphold, upraise), harekete geçirmek (activate, actuate, deploy, edge on, Energize, fillip, give a fillip to, impel, prompt, rally, set going, set in motion, spark, whack up), canlandırmak (accelerate, animate, brace, bring to life, brisk, brisk up, characterize, drum up, enact, enliven, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, furbish up, galvanize, ginger, ginger up, give a fresh impetus to, hearten, impersonate, innervate, inspire, inspirit, interpret, invigorate, jazz, jazz up, jog, key up, liven, liven up, pep up, perform, personalize, personate, personify, play, play the role of, portray, quicken, rake up, rally, recreate, refresh, regenerate, represent, revitalize, revive, revivify, rouse, rouse up, smarten, smarten up, spirit, spirit up, stimulate, tone up, touch up, uplift, vitalize, vivify, wake, waken). (various references)

Turkmen 

hцweslendirmek (arouse interest in, encourage). (various references)

Ukrainian

викликати (bring forth, bring on, call, call in, cause, challenge, champion, cite, create, defy, evoke, necessitate, procure, provoke, send for, send up, set smb. agog, stir up, strike, summon, touch off, wake, warn, whistle up), збуджувати (actuate, agitate, amove, animate, electrify, elevate, exalt, excite, flurry, flush, incite, innervate, key up, kindle, pique, provoke, stimulate, tense, thrill, wake, whet, wind up, work up), будити (awake, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken), просипатися (awaken), пробуджуватися (wake, waken), дратувати (aggravate, annoy, disgruntle, gall, irritate, madden, nettle). (various references)

Welsh

dihuno (awake, rouse, wake), deffro (awake, rouse, wake, wake up), cyffroi (actuate, agitate, bestir, disturb, excite, move, provoke, stir). (various references)

accendam, accendantur, accendebant, accendens, accendentes, accendere, accenderent, accenderunt, accendet, accendetur, accendimus, accendit, accendo, accendunt, accensa, accensi, accensis, accenso, accensus, accensusque, citare, concito, excita, excitabis, excitabit, excitabitur, excitabo, excitandi, excitandum, excitantibus, excitare, excitatas, excitate, excitatus, excitaverunt, excitavi, excitavit, excitet, excito, expergefactus, incitari, incitat, incitavit, moveo moti motum, sollicita, sollicitabat, sollicitans, sollicito, suscito. (various references)

aweccan. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "arouse": aroused, arouser, arousers, arouses. (additional references)

Words ending with "arouse": carouse, rearouse. (additional references)

Words containing "arouse": caroused, carousel, carousels, carouser, carousers, carouses, rearoused, rearouses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Arouse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: acouse, adous, Alrouse, Amouyel, Aoussou, Arauca, Arbuzov, Arhus, arious, Arjuzah, arooseh, arosu, arou, aroue, arouge, arous, arousel, Arpus, Arques, arrouse, Artusi, aruse, atouse, Auroise, brouse, brouser, drouse, irous, Kavousi, Rakusen, Vavrousek. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: arose, aures, euros, roues, rouse, urase, ureas, ursae.

-2 letters: aero, ares, arse, ears, eras, eros, euro, oars, ores, osar, ours, rase, roes, rose, roue, rues, ruse, sear, sera, soar, sora, sore, sour, suer, sura, sure, urea, ursa, user.

-3 letters: are, ars, ear, eau, era, ers, oar, oes, ora, ore, ors, ose, our, ras.

+1 letter: acerous, aerugos, arenous, aroused, arouser, arouses, carouse.

+2 letters: aleurons, anserous, apterous, araceous, arousers, arsenous, aureolas, aureoles, baroques, caroused, carousel, carouser, carouses, courages, enamours, equators, furanose, nacreous, neuromas, neurosal, outdares, outearns, outhears, outraces, outrages, outraise, outrates, outraves, outreads, outstare, outsware, outswear, outwears, quaestor, racemous, ramulose, ravenous, readouts, rearouse, rosulate, roulades, rouleaus, rousseau, rubeolas, saboteur, sautoire, savoured, savourer, unreason, upsoared, vaqueros.