- 1arouse something to make someone have a particular feeling or attitude to arouse someone's interest/curiosity/anger Her strange behavior aroused our suspicions. Hunting still succeeds in arousing a great deal of controversy.
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- 2arouse somebody to make someone feel sexually excited synonym excite
- 3arouse somebody to make you feel more active and want to start doing something The whole community was aroused by the crime.
- 4arouse somebody (from something) (formal) to wake someone from sleep see rouse
arouse
verbNAmE//əˈraʊz//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they arouse he / she / it arouses
past simple aroused
-ing form arousing
NAmE//əˈraʊzl//
noun [uncountable] emotional/sexual arousalSee arouse in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: arouse