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1. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).
Synonyms
- kindle
- heat
- draw
- rekindle
- discompose
- untune
- inflame
- anger
- prick
- provoke
- ask for
- wound
- discomfit
- shame
- spite
- stir up
- elicit
- touch a chord
- invite
- shake
- sweep over
- create
- enkindle
- overcome
- whelm
- disconcert
- excite
- evoke
- wake
- stir
- shake up
- fire up
- interest
- bruise
- injure
- infatuate
- strike a chord
- raise
- make
- stimulate
- overpower
- upset
- overtake
- offend
- overwhelm
- ignite
- hurt
Antonyms
- glycerolize
- invest
- deposit
- sheathe
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))
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Rhymes with Arouse
- bilbao's
- espouse
- endows
- schmaus
- prowse
- prows
- plows
- ploughs
- krauze
- clowes
- browse
- brows
- allows
- wows
- wow's
- vows
- thous
- taos
- rao's
- pao's
- now's
- mows
- mao's
- howze
- howse
- how's
- howes
- howe's
- houze
- houghs
Sentences with arouse
1. Verb, base form
But you have to have the costume exactly right so as not to arouse any suspicions.
2. Adverb
Listening to these sounds may cause physical pain or arouse negative memories.
Quotes about arouse
1. Hugh and I have been together for so long that in order to arouse extraordinary passion, we need to engage in physical combat. Once, he hit me on the back of the head with a broken wineglass, and I fell to the floor pretending to be unconscious. That was romantic, or would have been had he rushed to my side rather than stepping over my body to fetch the dustpan.
- David Sedaris, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
2. Apparently, dancing for him and throwing herself at him weren't enough. Apparently, she had to nearly commit murder to arouse him enough to attack her.
- Gena Showalter, The Darkest Kiss
3. There is nothing more wonderful than a book. It may be a message to us from the dead, from human souls we never saw who lived perhaps thousands of miles away, and yet these little sheets of paper speak to us, arouse us, teach us, open our hearts and in turn open their hearts to us like brothers. Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, philosophy lame.
- Charles Kingsley
2. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] stop sleeping.
Synonyms
- kip
- wake up
- change state
- wake
- sleep
- waken
- awake
- slumber
- catch some Z's
- turn
- log Z's
- awaken
Antonyms
- fall asleep
- hire
- extinguish
- cool
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic.
Synonyms
- kick up
- provoke
- maledict
- anathemize
- conjure
- bedamn
- damn
- put forward
- create
- evoke
- stir
- call down
- bring up
- beshrew
- curse
- imprecate
- bless
- raise
- make
- anathemise
- call forth
- conjure up
Antonyms
- bless
- push
- repel
- abduct
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] cause to be alert and energetic.
Synonyms
- revive
- recreate
- energise
- invigorate
- revivify
- enliven
- perk up
- affect
- liven up
- cathect
- reanimate
- animate
- brace
- renovate
- reinvigorate
- liven
- stimulate
- repair
- vivify
- quicken
Antonyms
- sedate
- de-energise
- de-energize
- adduct
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] cause to become awake or conscious.
Synonyms
- wake up
- bring back
- rouse
- wake
- bring round
- waken
- alter
- modify
- change
- bring to
- bring around
- awaken
- call
Antonyms
- cause to sleep
- coldness
- anestrus
- unemotionality
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir".
Synonyms
- stir
Antonyms
- thicken
- tune
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. arouse
verb. ['ɝˈaʊz'] stimulate sexually.
Synonyms
- sex
- wind up
- stimulate
- stir
- shake
- shake up
- tempt
- turn on
Antonyms
- obviate
- exhale
- stay in place
- open
Etymology
- a- (English)
- a- (Anglo-Norman)
- rouse (English)
- rowsen (Middle English (1100-1500))