aroused; arousing
1
: to awaken from sleep
was aroused from a deep sleep by a loud noise
2
: to stimulate to action or to bodily readiness for activity : excite
a book that has aroused debate
3
: to excite (someone) sexually : to cause sexual arousal in (someone)
… girls whose perfume scent frightened him and aroused him.—
Elizabeth Berg
Elizabeth Berg
: to awake from sleep : stir
Examples of arouse in a Sentence
The report aroused a great deal of public interest.
The husky sound of her voice could always arouse him.
Their proposal is certain to arouse the opposition.
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Deep eye gazing, watching a lover be aroused, and appreciating body parts and your own body can all be ways to increase pleasure.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 Jan. 2025
That fact that the video about the making of a design object could generate 600,000 views in just 24 hours confirms the idea that these kids understand the subject — that design arouses their interest.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
In one scene in Eggers' film, Orlok becomes aroused after witnessing Hutter accidentally cut himself and begin bleeding.
—EW.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The debt-ceiling provision seemed to arouse the opposition of some hard-line conservatives.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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Dominique Fluker, Essence, 7 Jan. 2025
That fact that the video about the making of a design object could generate 600,000 views in just 24 hours confirms the idea that these kids understand the subject — that design arouses their interest.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 26 Dec. 2024
In one scene in Eggers' film, Orlok becomes aroused after witnessing Hutter accidentally cut himself and begin bleeding.
—EW.com, 23 Dec. 2024
The debt-ceiling provision seemed to arouse the opposition of some hard-line conservatives.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 21 Dec. 2024
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arouse
transitive verb
aroused; arousing
1
a
: to awake from sleep
b
: to rouse or stimulate to action
c
: to excite (someone) sexually : to cause sexual arousal in (someone)
2
: to give rise to
a response aroused by a stimulus
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