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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Arouse \A*rouse"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Aroused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Arousing}.] [Pref. a- + rouse.] To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
aroused \aroused\ adjective
1. emotionally stimulated.
Syn: stimulated, stirred, stirred up. [WordNet 1.5]
2. 1 brought to a state of great psychological tension.
Syn: wound up. [WordNet 1.5]
3. 1 stimulated to a state of awareness and interest. the aroused opposition
Syn: awakened. [WordNet 1.5]
4. sexually aroused; feeling a strong urge for sexual activity.
Syn: aflame, hot, turned on(predicate), horny. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
5. excessively affected by emotion; -- of persons.
Syn: emotional, excited. [WordNet 1.5]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
aroused
adjective
1: aroused to action; "the aroused opposition"
2: emotionally aroused [syn: {stimulated}, {stirred}, {stirred up}]
3: brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight" [syn: {wound up}]
4: feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" [syn: {horny}, {randy}, {ruttish}, {turned on(p)}]
5: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {ablaze}, {aflame}, {turned on(p)}]
6: of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise" [syn: {emotional}, {excited}, {worked up}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "aroused": agog, alarmed, alerted, aquiver, atingle, atwitter, bursting, carried away, ebullient, effervescent, excited, exhilarated, fired, frightened, high, hopped up, impassioned, inflamed, keyed up, lathered up, manic, moved, ready to burst, roused, startled, steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, thrilled, tingling, tingly, turned-on, whipped up, worked up, wrought up, yeasty
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