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verb (used with object)
1.
to stir to action or strong response; excite: to arouse a crowd; to arouse suspicion.
2.
to stimulate sexually.
3.
to awaken; wake up: The footsteps aroused the dog.
verb (used without object)
4.
to awake or become aroused: At dawn the farmers began to arouse.
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Related forms
a·rous·a·bil·i·ty, noun
a·rous·a·ble, adjective
a·rous·er, noun
non·a·rous·al, noun
EXPANDo·ver·a·rous·al, noun
re·a·rous·al, noun
re·a·rouse, verb, -roused, -rous·ing.
sem·i·a·rous·al, noun
sub·a·rous·al, noun
un·a·rous·a·ble, adjective
un·a·roused, adjective
un·a·rous·ing, adjective
well-a·roused, adjective
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. animate; inspirit, inspire; incite, provoke, instigate; stimulate, kindle, fire.
1. animate; inspirit, inspire; incite, provoke, instigate; stimulate, kindle, fire.
Antonyms
1. calm.
1. calm.
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arousal
in psychology, the stimulation of the cerebral cortex into a state of general wakefulness, or attention. Activation proceeds from various portions of the brain, but primarily from the reticular formation, the nerve network in the midbrain that monitors ingoing and outgoing sensory and motor impulses. Activation, however, is not the same as direct cortical stimulation by specific sense receptors, such as being awakened by noise. It involves, rather, a complex of impulses that are both internal and external to the body. Electroencephalography (EEG) measures the degree of arousal.
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