Definisjon av arouse

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arouse - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
touch a chord, strike a chord create an emotional response; "The music struck a chord with the listeners"
ask for, invite ask someone in a friendly way to do something
draw cause to localize at one point; "Draw blood and pus"
rekindle arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"
infatuate arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"
prick to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"
fire up, ignite, heat, stir up, inflame, wake cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"
shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
excite produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"
anger make angry; "The news angered him"
discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to be out of tune; "Don't untune that string!"
shame surpass or beat by a wide margin
spite, wound, injure, bruise, offend, hurt cause injuries or bodily harm to
sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome, overwhelm overcome by superior force
interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
arouse - stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
sex, excite, turn on, wind up
shake up, stimulate, excite, stir, shake cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
tempt try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
arouse - to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
stir
move go or proceed from one point to another; "the debate moved from family values to the economy"
arouse - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
stimulate, brace, energize, energise, perk up
de-energise, de-energize deprive of energy
sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
cathect inject with libidinal energy
reanimate, revivify, vivify, renovate, animate, recreate, quicken, repair, revive make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"
reinvigorate, invigorate impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"
liven, liven up, enliven, animate, invigorate make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
arouse - 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"
raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, bring up, put forward, call forth
call forth, kick up, provoke, evoke cause to rise by kicking; "kick up dust"
create, make create by artistic means; "create a poem"; "Schoenberg created twelve-tone music"; "Picasso created Cubism"; "Auden made verses"
bedamn, beshrew, damn, maledict, anathemise, anathemize, imprecate, curse utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street"
bless give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"
arouse - cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up
cause to sleep make fall asleep; "The soft music caused us to fall asleep"
modify, alter, change make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"
reawaken awaken once again
bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around return to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"
call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"
arouse - stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
wake up, awake, awaken, wake, come alive, waken
dope off, doze off, drift off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off, drop off change from a waking to a sleeping state; "he always falls asleep during lectures"
catch some z's, kip, log z's, slumber, sleep be asleep
change state, turn undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
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Verb

arouse - To stimulate feelings.
arouse - To sexually stimulate.
arouse - To wake from sleep or stupor.

OmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • arouse
    To stop sleeping.
  • arouse
    To make someone stop sleeping.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) arouse
  • Presens: arouse / arouses
  • Preteritum: aroused
  • Perfektum: (have) aroused

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