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a·rouse
(ə-rouz′)tr.v. a·roused, a·rous·ing, a·rous·es
1.
a. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited: The report aroused them to take action. The insult aroused him to anger.
b. To stimulate sexual desire in.
2. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up: The odd sight aroused our curiosity. See Synonyms at provoke.
3. To awaken (someone) from sleep.
[From rouse, on the model of such pairs as rise, arise.]
a·rous′al n.
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arouse
(əˈraʊz)vb
1. (tr) to evoke or elicit (a reaction, emotion, or response); stimulate
2. to awaken from sleep
aˈrousal n
aˈrouser n
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a•rouse
(əˈraʊz)v. a•roused, a•rous•ing. v.t.
1. to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
2. to stimulate sexually.
3. to awaken; wake up.
v.i. 4. to become awake or aroused.
a•rous`a•bil′i•ty, n.
a•rous′a•ble, adj.
a•rous′al, n.
a•rous′er, n.
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arouse
Past participle: aroused
Gerund: arousing
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| Verb | 1. |  arouse - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" excite - arouse or elicit a feeling anger - make angry; "The news angered him" shame - cause to be ashamed spite, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of |
| 2. |  arouse - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" | |
| 3. |  arouse - 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"anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child" bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son" call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - evoke or provoke to appear or occur; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple" | |
| 4. |  arouse - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"affect - act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate" cathect - inject with libidinal energy reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken, repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" reinvigorate, invigorate - impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating" | |
| 5. |  arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."reawaken - awaken once again bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around - return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories" call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | |
| 6. |  arouse - to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" | |
| 7. |  arouse - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"stimulate, stir, shake up, excite, shake - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" tempt - try to seduce |
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arouse
verb
1. stimulate, encourage, inspire, prompt, spark, spur, foster, provoke, rouse, stir up, inflame, incite, instigate, whip up, summon up, whet, kindle, foment, call forth His work has aroused intense interest.
stimulate still, end, calm, dull, alleviate, dampen, lull, quell, allay, assuage, pacify, quench
stimulate still, end, calm, dull, alleviate, dampen, lull, quell, allay, assuage, pacify, quench
2. inflame, move, warm, excite, spur, provoke, animate, prod, stir up, agitate, quicken, enliven, goad, foment He apologized, saying this subject always aroused him.
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verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يُثير
vzbudit
vække
vekja
sukelti
modinātrosināt
vzbuditi
uyandırmak
arouse
[əˈraʊz] VT1. (frm) (= awaken from sleep) → despertar
2. (= stimulate) [+ suspicion, curiosity] → despertar, suscitar
it aroused great interest → despertó or suscitó mucho interés
to arouse the appetite → abrir el apetito
it should arouse you to greater efforts → debería incitarte a esforzarte más
it aroused great interest → despertó or suscitó mucho interés
to arouse the appetite → abrir el apetito
it should arouse you to greater efforts → debería incitarte a esforzarte más
3. (sexually) → excitar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
arouse
[əˈraʊz] vt (sexually) → exciter
to be aroused → être excité(e)
He is very easily aroused → Il s'excite très facilement.
to be aroused → être excité(e)
He is very easily aroused → Il s'excite très facilement.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
arouse
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
arouse
[əˈraʊz] vt (awaken, sleeper) → svegliare (fig) (person) → eccitare, stimolare; (feelings) → suscitareCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
arouse
(əˈrauz) verb to cause or give rise to (something). His actions aroused my suspicions.
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arouse
vt (from sleep) despertar; (sexually, etc.) excitarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.