Definitions of arouse [əˈraʊz]

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Definition of 'arouse'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) arouse
to stir to action or strong response; excite:
to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.

2. arouse
to stimulate sexually.

3. arouse
to awaken; wake up.

4. (v.i.) arouse
to become awake or aroused.

Etymology: (1585–95; a -³+rouse¹, on the model of arise)

Definition of 'arouse'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
"arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"

2. (verb) wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
stop sleeping
"She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"

3. (verb) raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
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"

4. (verb) stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up
cause to be alert and energetic
"Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

5. (verb) 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."

6. (verb) arouse, stir
to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

7. (verb) arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"

Definition of 'arouse'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) arouse
to stimulate feelings or thoughts
to arouse interest/suspicion/sympathy

2. arouse
to make sb sexually excited
His words aroused her.

Definition of 'arouse'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) arouse
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

Translation of 'arouse'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to cause or give rise to (something) His actions aroused my suspicions.
Afrikaans: opwek	Arabic: يُثير	Bulgarian: будя
Brazilian: provocar	Czech: vzbudit	German: wecken
Danish: vække	Greek: ξεσηκώνω, διεγείρω	Spanish: despertar, provocar
Estonian: äratama	Farsi: برانگیختن؛ تحریک کردن	Finnish: herättää
French: éveiller	Hebrew: לְעוֹרֵר	Hindi: जगाना
Croatian: potaknuti	Hungarian: felébreszt	Indonesian: membangkitkan, membangunk
Icelandic: vekja	Italian: provocare	Japanese: 起こさせる
Korean: 눈뜨게 하다	Lithuanian: sukelti	Latvian: modināt; rosināt
Malay: menimbulkan	Dutch: opwekken	Norwegian: vekke
Polish: wzbudzać	Persian: برانگیختن؛ تحریک کردن	Pashto: هڅول، تحریک کول
Portuguese: provocar	Romanian: a stârni	Russian: вызывать
Slovak: vzbudiť	Slovenian: vzbuditi	Serbian: izazvati
Swedish: väcka	Thai: กระตุ้น	Turkish: uyandırmak
Taiwanese: 引起	Ukrainian: збуджувати, викликати	Urdu: اٹھانا ، ابھارنا
Vietnamese: gợi	Chinese: 引起
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