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aroused

aroused

1 6.6
Feeling sexual excitement or desire
  • adjective
  • /əˈraʊzd/
  • NSFW
translation icon : excitado
  • I felt so aroused, and I kept following him around, trying to find a moment where we could make love just once again.

She destroyed me, I finished, humbled, bewildered and mildly aroused.

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Examples

  • She felt aroused when he whispered sweet nothings in her ear.

  • In the dream, she was more aroused and full of feeling than she had been when she was awake.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • You will almost certainly become highly aroused when using it, or maybe that's just me.

  • But what about do they get more aroused to gay men than gay men do to lesbians?

  • But what about do they get more aroused to gay men than gay men do to lesbians?

  • I'm very aroused.

  • Doesn't mean the killer wasn't sexually aroused and enjoying the killing.

  • The romantic movie left him aroused and thinking about love.

  • The intimate conversation made her feel deeply aroused and connected.

Synonyms

hot
vsaroused
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464 7.5

Feeling strong sexual desire or being sexually attractive

is the basic state of sexual desire rather than attractiveness focus
horny
vsaroused
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193 7.2

Feeling a strong desire for sex

is general sexual excitement rather than specifically informal feeling
turned on
vsaroused
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35 7.9

Feeling sexual desire for someone

is sexual excitement not necessarily described as very strong
steamy
vsaroused
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20 7.2

Showing strong sexual desire or causing sexual excitement

is sexual excitement without the extra sensual mood
lustful
vsaroused
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11 6.3

Wanting to have sex

is neutral sexual excitement rather than implied moral judgement
lascivious
vsaroused
  • Offensive
11 9.5

Showing strong sexual desire that makes others uncomfortable

is sexual excitement without the negative or offensive connotation
libidinous
vsaroused
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3 9.9

Having very strong sexual desire

is sexual excitement without the strong excess or judgement
hot and bothered
vsaroused
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2 8.4

Feeling sexually excited and physically attracted to someone

is neutral sexual excitement phrase without informal expression
randy
vsaroused
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1 8.7

Feeling strong desire to have sex

is general sexual excitement not tied to casual tone
ruttish
vsaroused
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9.9

Feeling a strong desire for sex

is sexual excitement without suggesting animal behaviour

Antonyms

1 3.7

Calm and not showing strong feeling

How Sexually Aroused

horny
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193 7.2
turned on
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35 7.9
aroused
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1 6.6

Surface Forms

aroused positive

Morphology

aroused = arouse (transparent) = arouse + ed

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'arouse' by '-ed' producing a resultant/state adjective meaning; learners who know 'arouse' can infer 'aroused'.

Etymology

Aroused comes from a- plus rouse, where rouse means 'wake up' or 'stir', like an alarm that wakes you. So being aroused in a sexual way is being 'stirred up' or 'woken' by desire.