English verb: arouse | |||
1. | arouse (emotion) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | ||
Samples | Arouse pity. Raise a smile. Evoke sympathy. | ||
Synonyms | elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anger, ask for, bruise, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, draw, excite, excite, fire up, heat, hurt, ignite, infatuate, inflame, injure, interest, invite, offend, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, prick, rekindle, shake, shake up, shame, spite, stimulate, stir, stir up, strike a chord, sweep over, touch a chord, untune, upset, wake, whelm, wound | ||
2. | arouse (body) stop sleeping | ||
Samples | She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock. | ||
Synonyms | awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | change state, turn | ||
Entail | catch some Z's, kip, log Z's, sleep, slumber | ||
Antonyms | dope off, doze off, drift off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off, drop off | ||
3. | arouse (creation) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create, make | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, bless, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict | ||
Verb group | call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke | ||
4. | arouse (body) cause to be alert and energetic | ||
Samples | Coffee and tea stimulate me. This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate. | ||
Synonyms | brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | affect | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | animate, animate, cathect, enliven, invigorate, invigorate, liven, liven up, quicken, reanimate, recreate, reinvigorate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify | ||
Antonyms | de-energise, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm | ||
5. | arouse (body) cause to become awake or conscious | ||
Samples | He was roused by the drunken men in the street. Please wake me at 6 AM.. | ||
Synonyms | awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to, call, reawaken | ||
Antonyms | cause to sleep | ||
6. | arouse (motion) to begin moving, | ||
Samples | As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir. | ||
Synonyms | stir | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
7. | arouse (emotion) stimulate sexually | ||
Samples | This movie usually arouses the male audience. | ||
Examples | The performance is likely to arouse Sue | ||
Synonyms | excite, sex, turn on, wind up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | tempt | ||