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Adjective aroused has 6 senses
- aroused - aroused to action; "the aroused opposition"
Antonym: unawakened (indirect, via awakened)
- stimulated, stirred, stirred up, aroused - emotionally aroused
Antonym: unexcited (indirect, via excited)
- aroused, wound up - brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight"
Antonyms: relaxed, at ease (indirect, via tense)
- aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, turned on - feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny"
Antonym: unsexy (indirect, via sexy)
- ablaze, aflame, aroused, turned on - keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire"
Antonym: passionless (indirect, via passionate)
- aroused, emotional, excited, worked up - of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"
Antonym: unagitated (indirect, via agitated)
Verb arouse has 7 senses
- arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
--1 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
--2 is one way to change state, turn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth - 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"
--3 is one way to make, create
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
--4 is one way to affect
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
--5 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- arouse, stir - to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
--6 is one way to move
Sample sentences:
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Somebody ----s
- arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
--7 is one way to stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to arouse Sue
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