| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To rouse, excite, waken, stimulate or energize.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. To agitate, stir, incite, abet or actuate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. To irritate, tease, provoke, annoy or rile. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. To encourage, motivate or inspire. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. To operate, work or activate. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. To awaken or wake. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. To kindle, inflame or ignite. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. To bother, worry, vex or disturb.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Present participle conjugation of the verb arouse.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (arouse) | 1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity".[Wordnet]. 2. Stop sleeping.[Wordnet]. 3. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.[Wordnet]. 4. Cause to be alert and energetic.[Wordnet]. 5. Cause to become awake or conscious.[Wordnet]. 6. To begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir".[Wordnet]. 7. Stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience".[Wordnet]. 8. 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".[Wordnet]. 9. Stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock".[Wordnet]. 10. 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.[Websters]. 11. Base verb from the following inflections: arousing, aroused, arouses, arouser, arousers, arousingly and arousedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective | 1. Being boring or annoying.
[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Being maddening or infuriating. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being enticing or tempting. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being exciting, stimulating or thrilling. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being rousing or energising. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being sensual or sexy. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being alarming or frightening. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being worrying or tantalizing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being refreshing or vitalizing. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Being offending or irritating.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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"AROUSING" is a common misspelling or typo for: carousing. |
Date "AROUSING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1485. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AROUSING
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] Putting in motion; stirring; exciting into action or exertion.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | 1: [Adjective] That or who arouses or arouse. arousing thoughts. (references) | 2: [Verb] Present participle of arouse. (references) | |
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Specialty Expressions: arouse
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Arouse sexually intentionally | MultiLingual Slang | Dutch (opgeilen). (references) | |
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