to arouse
- verb
- /əˈraʊz/
- Like many libraries, we set up informative, eye-catching displays that arouse curiosity in our young patrons.
- arouse interest
- arouse suspicion
- arouse emotions
So as a conversation heats up, you are already arousing her mind.
- So as a conversation heats up, you are already arousing her mind.
- So that is one set of things that do arouse pity and fear in us, the spectators.
- Now, part of this with the pandemic has certainly aroused existential anxieties.
- So by taking care of ourselves, we arouse less anger, but anger is aroused in US.
- So you have a reaction five days ago from something that's happened and you're still, you're still aroused by that event.
- It's hard, it's hard, given the people's prior views about this, to enter that space without immediately arousing suspicion.
- The manual teaches the scammers to arouse the customer's inner dreams, goals and to bring out a fighting state of mind.
- Why does Donald Trump arouse so much emotion in people?
- They're made-up created products to arouse you or to get you entertained.
- And he says new preoccupations take the place of old hope arouses New Hope, ambition or new ambition.
- His mistakes and difficulties aroused the ridicule of the others and this excited him and made him worse.
- Or at least let's call it arouses question marks, right?
Examples
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My curiosity was aroused.
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The more secretive you are about your life, the more it arouses people's interest.
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The key question here is which stories arouse the greatest range and depth of response.
Academic text (1999) -
Why does Donald Trump arouse so much emotion in people?
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"When you state it in those terms, it does arouse the curiosity," I acknowledged.
Fiction book (1994) -
Rather, quizzes with this group tended to arouse fear rather than interest in the students.
Academic text (1999) -
Politics has thus become moribund; no longer does it arouse serious public controversy.
Academic text (1991) -
Those opposing this plan have sought to arouse prejudice and fear.
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These dramatic videotapes, secretly obtained by animal rights activists, have aroused public indignation.
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The documentary aims to arouse curiosity about climate change among viewers.
Synonyms
To bring up a subject or cause people to notice it
Cause someone to feel excited and ready to act
To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager
To make someone feel strong emotions or remember something
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
Cause a process, event, or feeling to start
To make someone curious or interested
To cause strong feelings or excitement
To make someone feel a strong emotion
Cause a reaction or feeling
To bring a memory, image, or feeling to mind
Make people feel excited and ready to act
To cause strong feeling or excitement in someone
To cause strong feelings in someone
To encourage strong feelings or interest
To make people feel strongly excited or upset
To get an answer or other reaction from someone by asking
To make people's feelings stronger, especially anger or hate
To make a feeling or situation start
To make people feel strong emotion and want to act
To make people feel very excited and want to act
To make someone feel excited about something
To cause a strong feeling or interest to begin
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
To make someone feel a strong emotion
To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion
To make feelings like anger or excitement stronger
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Morphology
Etymology
Arouse comes from a- + rouse, with rouse meaning 'stir up'. So to arouse a feeling is to 'stir up' that feeling in people.