arouse (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 7 senses of the word *arouse*:
VERB	emotion	arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke	call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
	body	arouse, wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken	stop sleeping
	creation	arouse, raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth	summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
	body	arouse, stimulate, brace, energize, energise, perk up	cause to be alert and energetic
	body	arouse, awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up	cause to become awake or conscious
	motion	arouse, stir	to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
	emotion	arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up	stimulate sexually

arouse > pronunciation
Sounds	eraw'z
Rhymes	browse ... Taos: 8 rhymes with awz...

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 1, emotion
Meaning	Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Example	"arouse pity"
Synonyms	elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
Narrower	anger	make angry
	draw	elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.
	excite	Arouse or elicit a feeling
	hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite	hurt the feelings of
	infatuate	Arouse unreasoning love / love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way
	inflame, stir up, wake, ignite, heat, fire up	Arouse or excite feelings and passions
	interest	excite the curiosity of
	invite, ask for	increase the likelihood of
	overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake	Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli
	prick	To cause a sharp emotional pain
	rekindle	Arouse again
	shame	Cause to be ashamed
	stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir	Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
	strike a chord, touch a chord	Evoke a reaction, response, or emotion
	upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit	Cause to lose one's composure
Broader	make, create	make or cause to be or to become
Spanish	causar, despertar, estimular, evocar, excitar, incitar, provocar, suscitar
Catalan	causar, despertar, estimular, evocar, excitar, incitar, moure, suscitar
Nouns	arousal	the act of arousing

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 2, body
Meaning	stop sleeping.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Synonyms	wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
Entails	sleep, kip, slumber, log Z's, catch some Z's	Be asleep
Broader	change state, turn	Undergo a transformation or a change of position or action
Opposite	fall asleep, dope off, flake out, drift off, nod off, drop off, doze off, drowse off	change from a waking to a sleeping state
Spanish	desadormecerse, despabilarse, despertarse, despertar, resucitar
Catalan	despertar-se, despertar, excitar, llevar-se
Nouns	arousal	awakening from sleep / sleep / sleep

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 3, creation
Meaning	Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth
Narrower	bless	Give a benediction to
Narrower	curse, beshrew, damn, bedamn, anathemize, anathemise, imprecate, maledict	wish harm upon
Broader	call up, summon	Cause to become available for use, either literally or figuratively
Similar to	provoke, evoke, call forth, kick up	Evoke or provoke to appear or occur
Spanish	agitar, conjurar, despertar, evocar, exponer, invitar, invocar, llamar, recaudar, remover, revolver, traer
Catalan	invocar

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 4, body
Meaning	Cause to be alert and energetic.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
Synonyms	stimulate, brace, energize, energise, perk up
Narrower	animate, recreate, reanimate, revive, renovate, repair, quicken, vivify, revivify	Give new life or energy to
	cathect	inject with libidinal energy
	enliven, liven, liven up, invigorate, animate	make lively / lively
	invigorate, reinvigorate	Impart vigor, strength, or vitality to
Broader	affect	act physically on
Opposite	de-energize, de-energise	deprive of energy
Opposite	sedate, calm, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise	Cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to
Spanish	energizar, estimular, excitar, incentivar, suscitar, vigorizarse, vigorizar
Catalan	estimular, excitar, incentivar, suscitar, vigoritzar-se, vigoritzar

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 5, body
Meaning	Cause to become awake or conscious.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Synonyms	awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up
Narrower	bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around	Return to consciousness
	call	rouse somebody from sleep with a call
	reawaken	awaken once again
Broader	change, alter, modify	Cause to change
Opposite	cause to sleep	make fall asleep
Spanish	despertarse, despertar
Catalan	despertar-se, despertar
Nouns	arousal	awakening from sleep / sleep / sleep
Nouns	arouser	someone who rouses others from sleep / sleep

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 6, motion
Meaning	To begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir".
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonym	stir
Broader	move	Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion

English > *arouse*: 7 senses > verb 7, emotion
Meaning	stimulate sexually.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	The performance is likely to arouse Sue
Example	"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
Synonyms	sex, excite, turn on, wind up
Entailed by	tease	To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them
Narrower	tempt	try to seduce
Broader	stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir	Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Spanish	calentar, despertar, determinar el sexo, emocionar, encender, excitarse, excitar, prender, suscitar
Catalan	animar, deixondir, despertar, emocionar, excitar, suscitar

HyperDic: arouse