How to pronounce "arouse"

• "arouse" pronounced in English.

Meanings and definitions of "arouse"

Verb

call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

Synonyms:

• arouse
• elicit
• enkindle
• kindle
• evoke
• fire
• raise
• provoke

Verb

stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

Synonyms:

• wake up
• awake
• arouse
• awaken
• wake
• come alive
• waken

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"

Synonyms:

• 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"

Synonyms:

• stimulate
• arouse
• brace
• energize
• energise
• perk up

Verb

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

Synonyms:

• awaken
• wake
• waken
• rouse
• wake up
• arouse

Verb

to begin moving; "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

Synonyms:

• arouse
• stir

Verb

stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"

Synonyms:

• arouse
• sex
• excite
• turn on
• wind up