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arouse English

Meaning arouse meaning

What does arouse mean?
Definitions in simple English

arouse Verb

— If something arouses a feeling or emotion, it causes that feeling or emotion. Superiority arouses either anger or jealous of people. — If something arouses you, it makes you wake up. I've been aroused by your beautiful singing.

arouse

— verb (= evoke, raise) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) arouse pity raise a smile evoke sympathy — verb (= wake up, wake) stop sleeping She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock — verb (= stimulate) cause to be alert and energetic Coffee and tea stimulate me This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate — verb (= wake, rouse) cause to become awake or conscious He was roused by the drunken men in the street Please wake me at 6 AM. — verb (= raise, conjure, call down) 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 — verb (= stir) to begin moving As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir — verb stimulate sexually This movie usually arouses the male audience

Synonyms arouse synonyms

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arouse English » English

excite stir up rouse stimulate incite awaken wake stir provoke wake up agitate waken raise inspire evoke cause awake kindle instigate animate turn on motivate enkindle encourage inflame enliven activate urge titillate tickle tempt perk up move irritate invoke invigorate impassion energize energise brace work up wind up wield whirl wave about wave wag trouble swing start

Topics arouse topics

What do people use arouse to talk about?
Language and thought

Emotion
Social behavior Conflict

Fight
Language and thought Emotion Feel bad Sad

Jealous

Conjugation arouse conjugation

How do you conjugate arouse?

arouse · verb

Examples arouse examples

How do I use arouse in a sentence?

Simple sentences

How to arouse a woman's desire?
His opinion does not arouse any echo in his colleagues.
Coffee does not arouse my interest.
I remain silent because I don't want your words to arouse even more hatred in the hearts of my enemies.
Many of the text formulations arouse suspicion that the author failed to mention a reliance on some English source.

Movie subtitles

Now we'll have to be careful. Don't let's arouse any suspicion.
He should get off earlier not to arouse any attention.
The knocker must have been used in the old days to arouse the entire household.
Do not arouse the wrath of the Great and Powerful Oz!
You arouse resistance to me, more than I can handle.
When she wanted to arouse a man's interest, she treated him like a dog.
The moment he saw us start, he'd arouse a posse to grab us and the gold.
Does she arouse your sympathy?
We can't take part in controversies. We can't afford to arouse antagonism.
You must not arouse yourselves.
We must be careful not to arouse the marquis' suspicion.
I arouse something in them, I bother them.
I've arranged a presentation which I think will arouse your interest.
His death may arouse enormous suspicion and investigation.
Do you want to arouse the entire house?
Don't let's arouse any suspicion.
Yes, you yelled loud enough. I would arouse all Paris against such monsters.
To arouse the people's anger.
No telling what primitive instincts you might arouse.
That's where you're wrong, old boy. In an isolated place a cry for help or a single shot might very well arouse the curiosity of at least one casual witness.
I looked when I tried to arouse Cosgrave and Merrivale.
If you can arouse that, you can lead him anywhere.
The deceased wasn't one to arouse great emotion.
Be discreet, don't arouse his suspicions.
Do not arouse the wrath of the great and powerful Oz!
You just arouse my curiosity.
You do arouse the pagan in me.
I change hotels every night. not to arouse any suspicions.
It will be some time until people will arouse.
Well, from my observation it, er, seems to, er, arouse, er, very little interest.
I don't think you'll arouse so much suspicion as the Police might.
One might even argue that her entire behavior ever since we met, including her affair with Daniel, had been the surest way to arouse my interest in her.
I'd have preferred you as a bedfellow, but my husband is jealous and a slave girl will not arouse suspicion at home.
Suppose you decide to arouse Decourt's suspicion on purpose.
It was the only way to arouse public opinion.

News and current affairs

Not only do the remarks of French leaders about recreating a multi-polar world arouse alarm, but recent public opinion polls show a decline in the popularity of the US among Europeans and a desire for more independent policies.
People complain that in that time he managed to arouse so much hatred toward the idea of reform that he strengthened the Communists' position.
This will inevitably arouse suspicion about Germany's role in Europe - but any comparison with Germany's past is quite inappropriate.
That movement, however, is beginning to arouse worries, both in NATO and in the United States.
European attitudes to the import of Caribbean bananas and hormone treated beef arouse strong reactions in North America.
His arrest did, however, shake international confidence in Putin, as well as arouse Russia's other oligarchs and democratic reformers to seriously fear for their freedoms.
It is, of course, impossible to be certain what will arouse such anger.
But no regime has ever used its citizens so deliberately as tools to arouse world sympathy, as hostages to modern sensitivities.
That is liable to arouse the opposition of both the banks and national authorities - opposition that only public pressure can overcome.

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