Unscramble arouse

Definition of arouse

verb:

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity", "raise a smile", "evoke sympathy". Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise.
• stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock". Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken. Antonyms: fall asleep.
• 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". Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir.
• cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me", "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate". Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate. Antonyms: de-energise, de-energize, sedate.
• cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street", "Please wake me at 6 AM.". Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken. Antonyms: cause to sleep.
• to begin moving,; "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir". Synonyms: stir.
• stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience". Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up.

Related words

anathemise, anathemize, anger, animate, bedamn, beshrew, bless, bruise, call, cathect, curse, damn, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, enliven, excite, heat, hurt, ignite, imprecate, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invigorate, invite, liven, maledict, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, quicken, reanimate, reawaken, recreate, reinvigorate, rekindle, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, shake, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, tempt, untune, upset, vivify, wake, whelm, wound.

Words nearby

aroused, arouser, carouse, crouse, grouse, rouse.

Rhymes with

browse, carouse, cows, delouse, espouse, rouse, taos.