arouse
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: Etymology tree
English a-
English rouse
English arouse
From a- + rouse.
Inflected forms:
form: arouses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: arousing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: aroused
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: aroused
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to arouse compassion, jealousy, or anger
Those insults aroused me to anger.
“My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat: “I prefer a farandole to a nocturne ; I'd rather have a painting than an etching ; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;[…].”
She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.
His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.
gloss: To sexually stimulate.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] grinding against their partners like burlesque performers, which even in parody Terry found erotic—reminding him of the Persian belly dancer he'd seen at the college, whose sensual dancing aroused him despite her claim of high art.
gloss: To sexually stimulate.
pos: verb
tags: euphemistic
transitive
examples: I can't wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times.
gloss: To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He kenned not whether it was devil or mortal, but flung himself on the roadside and lay like a corp for an hour or more, till the rain aroused him.
1996, Beruga (line translated by Dan Owsen), Terranigma. Nintendo of America.
I have no idea who you are, but I thank you for arousing me.
Related words: arousal
aroused
Derived words: arousable
arousement
arouser
arousometer
rearouse
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: գրգռել
roman: grgṙel
lang: Bulgarian
word: възбуждам
roman: vǎzbuždam
lang: Catalan
word: excitar
lang: Dutch
word: opwinden
lang: Esperanto
word: amorveki
lang: Finnish
word: kiihottaa
lang: French
word: émoustiller
lang: French
word: exciter
lang: Galician
word: arreitar
lang: Georgian
word: აღგზნება
roman: aɣgzneba
lang: German
word: erregen
lang: German
word: reizen
lang: German
word: aufreizen
lang: Greek
word: ερεθίζω
roman: erethízo
lang: Greek
word: διεγείρω
roman: diegeíro
lang: Hungarian
word: felizgat
lang: Hungarian
word: izgalomba hoz
lang: Italian
word: eccitare
lang: Italian
word: arrapare
lang: Japanese
word: 興奮する
roman: kōfun suru
lang: Korean
word: 자극하다
roman: jageukhada
lang: Māori
word: tore
lang: Māori
word: pīkoikoi
lang: Norwegian
word: tenne
lang: Polish
word: pobudzać
lang: Polish
word: pobudzić
lang: Polish
word: podniecać
lang: Polish
word: podniecić
lang: Portuguese
word: provocar
lang: Portuguese
word: excitar
lang: Portuguese
word: arreitar
lang: Russian
word: возбужда́ть
roman: vozbuždátʹ
lang: Russian
word: возбуди́ть
roman: vozbudítʹ
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: узбудити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: uzbuditi
lang: Spanish
word: excitar
lang: Spanish
word: encalabrinar
lang: Ukrainian
word: збуджувати
roman: zbudžuvaty
lang: Ukrainian
word: збудити
roman: zbudyty