to arouse

Examples

• All

• Arouse the old, dormant male instinct.

  A Sound of Thunder (2005)

• He wanted to linger, but could not afford to arouse suspicion.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Will he arouse others to attack?

  Fiction book (1992)

• We must all arouse the political consciousness of the people.

  Red Dawn (2012)

• And he also wanted to arouse the working masses to the necessity of some kind of effective united action.

  Reds (1981)

• The knocker must have been used in the old days to arouse the entire household.

  Son of Frankenstein (1939)

• The words of the stories filled rooms with an immense energy that aroused the living with fierce passion and determination for justice.

  Academic text (2002)

• The power of stories does not lie with the storyteller but with the spirits of dead ancestors who use the stories and thereby "arouse the living with fierce passion and determination for justice."

  Academic text (2002)

• Ahad Ha'am warned that the settlers must, under no circumstances, arouse the wrath of the natives...

  Blog text (11)

• The speaker's passionate words were enough to arouse the audience's interest in the topic.

Synonyms

W

to wake

vsto arouse

279 4.8

To make someone feel strong emotions or remember something

focuses on bringing into existence rather than only making aware

I

to induce

vsto arouse

168 5.3

Cause a process, event, or feeling to start

is about calling into existence with an added supernatural flavour

S

to stir

vsto arouse

131 3.7

To make someone feel a strong emotion

is focused on creating or summoning something, not only emotion

C

to conjure

vsto arouse

126 7.9

To make something appear as if by magic

has identical meaning and is the central verb described here

P

to provoke

vsto arouse

115 3.7

Cause a reaction or feeling

is about summoning into being, not only triggering reactions

R

to raise

vsto arouse

• Literature

68 9.1

To cause a spirit or dead person to come, often by magic

is about summoning generally, not limited to magical cases

I

to ignite

vsto arouse

47 4.4

To cause strong feelings in someone

summons into being rather than focusing only on strong emotion

S

to stoke

vsto arouse

45 4.6

To encourage strong feelings or interest

calls into being or action rather than merely increasing existing feelings

A

to agitate

vsto arouse

42 4.8

To make people feel strongly excited or upset

summons into existence or action rather than provoking unrest

C

to conjure up

vsto arouse

40 6.2

To bring a memory to mind or make something seem to appear by magic

is about calling into being, not only creating an image in mind

E

to engender

vsto arouse

• Formal

26 6.9

To make a feeling or situation start

is similar but often adds a magical or summoning sense

I

to invoke

vsto arouse

23 7.7

Ask a spirit or god for help, often using a ritual

focuses on summoning into being generally, not only requesting help

E

to enchant

vsto arouse

17 4.8

To make someone feel very pleased and amazed as if by magic

creates existence or action rather than just charming someone

R

to rouse

vsto arouse

16 5.1

To make people feel strong emotion and want to act

summons into action or existence rather than mainly causing emotion

E

to electrify

vsto arouse

14 4.1

To make people feel very excited and want to act

is about summoning into existence instead of sudden intense excitement

B

to bring up

vsto arouse

• Literature

7 5.7

Cause a spirit or magic thing to appear

has the same meaning but is presented here as a common phrasing

C

to call forth

vsto arouse

7 4.9

Cause a feeling or reaction to appear in people

is more about summoning into existence, sometimes with magical sense

E

to evoke

vsto arouse

6 6.0

To call up a spirit or make something appear as if by magic

is the general term used here for summoning into action

K

to kindle

vsto arouse

5 6.5

To cause a strong feeling or interest to begin

is about causing existence or action, not only starting feelings

I

to ignite passion

vsto arouse

1 5.0

Make someone feel very excited and interested in something

is broader, meaning to call something into existence beyond passion

E

to enkindle

vsto arouse

• Archaic

1 9.2

To make someone feel a strong emotion

brings something into being rather than only stirring feeling

C

to call down

vsto arouse

• Literature

9.2

Ask a spirit or magic power to come and act

is similar but not restricted to formal ritual or invocation

S

to stir someone's blood

vsto arouse

6.0

To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion

is about calling into action rather than purely rousing feeling

A

to arouse interest

vsto arouse

3.8

To make someone feel curious about something and want to know more

is broader, summoning into being rather than just causing curiosity

Antonyms

S

to suppress

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

D

to dissipate

48 6.8

To make something spread out and disappear, for example fog or tension

Phrasal Verbs

A

to arouse curiosity

3.4

To make someone want to know more

A

to arouse interest

3.8

To make someone feel curious about something and want to know more

How Powerful

to ignite

66 4.0

to arouse

• Literature

2 5.3

to spark

154 3.4

to prompt

217 3.6

to suggest

∞ 2.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology