arouse (v.)

  1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy

    [ Syn: elicit , enkindle , kindle , evoke , fire , raise , provoke ]

  2. stop sleeping; She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock

    [ Syn: wake up , awake , awaken , wake , come alive , waken ]

  3. 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

    [ Syn: raise , conjure , conjure up , invoke , evoke , stir , call down , bring up , put forward , call forth ]

  4. cause to be alert and energetic; Coffee and tea stimulate me; This herbal infusion doesnt stimulate

    [ Syn: stimulate , stimulate , stimulate , brace , brace , brace , energize , energize , energize , energise , energise , energise , perk up , perk up , perk up ]

  5. cause to become awake or conscious; He was roused by the drunken men in the street; Please wake me at 6 AM.

    [ Syn: awaken , wake , waken , rouse , wake up ]

  6. to begin moving, As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir

    [ Syn: stir ]

  7. stimulate sexually; This movie usually arouses the male audience

    [ Syn: sex , excite , turn on , wind up ]

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