Arouse synonyms and antonyms
ə-rouz'
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To stir up or produce (a memory or feeling, for example):
To excite or invigorate (a person, for example) with a stimulant.
Having a manner that stimulates.
To give rise to; bring about:
excite (related)
Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.
To cause to feel a sudden sensation of pleasure or delight; excite greatly:
To give rise to; draw forth; produce:
The definition of provocative is something exciting, stimulating or erotic.
To return to use, currency, activity, or notice:
To cause (game) to rise from cover, come out of a lair, etc.; stir up to flight or attack
To try to get (someone) to do wrong, especially by a promise of reward.
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To support or hold steady with or as if with a brace; reinforce.
(Idiomatic) To propose for consideration.
heighten (related)
To demand or ask for the presence of:
To put into a state of disorder.
To draw forth; evoke
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To press upon the attention; present or speak of earnestly and repeatedly; plead, allege, or advocate strongly
stirred-up (related)
animate (related)
Animate is defined as to bring to life.
See syn. study at (related)
stir (related)
To cause to move or shift, especially slightly or with irregular motion:
Relating to electricity generated by a chemical reaction. A galvanic cell is an electric cell , such as found in household and car batteries, that makes use of galvanic reactions to act as a power source.
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Unstable, in a situation that could be worsened by the slightest mistake
To stir up public interest in a cause:
To warn to be ready or watchful
To awake is defined as changing from a state of sleep to a state of alertness.
To stir to action; exert or busy (oneself)
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To call to account
To drive with or as with a goad; prod into action; urge on
To instill courage or life into.
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To involve the interest, or concern, of; have an effect upon
To set on fire; ignite
To arouse; provoke
To send violently into a certain state or condition.
To be in force, use, or effect; be current:
To create, increase or develop.
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Rally is defined as to come together for a common purpose, to bring back, or to rise in price or score.
To stir up (liquid); roil.
To provide with a spur or spurs
To summon is to order to meet, to bring together or to order to come.
To become awake; come to one's senses after sleep or after a state like sleep
calm (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become calm.
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lull (antonym)
To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm:
bore (antonym)
To weary by being dull, uninteresting, or monotonous
quiet (antonym)
To cause someone to become quiet.
To be or remain awake; not to sleep.
awareness (related)
To cease sleeping
Wake up is defined as to stop sleeping or to cause someone to stop sleeping.
stop sleeping
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To become more lively or enthusiastic or upright.
To perform magic tricks, especially by sleight of hand.
To call for earnestly; solicit:
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
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Either of two divisions, male and female, into which most sexually reproducing organisms are grouped. Sex is usually determined by anatomy, the makeup of the sex chromosomes, and the type and amount of hormones produced. When the sex of an organism is determined by the sex chromosomes, males and females are generally produced in equal numbers. In other organisms, such as bees and wasps, in which females develop from fertilized eggs and males develop from unfertilized eggs, distribution of the sexes is unequal.
stimulate sexually
cause to sleep (antonym)
engender (related)
evince (related)
assuage (related)
quell (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
That or who arouses or arouse.
(Med.) Of, caused by, or characterized by inflammation
To fill with alarm or anxious concern.
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