Definitions:

1. to begin moving verb
   • I aroused from bed at the late hour of 11am.
2. to call forth emotions, feelings, and responses verb
   • The incident aroused pity in all of us.
3. to cause to be alert and energetic verb
   • The dog was aroused by the neighbor's motorcycle.
4. to cause to become awake or conscious verb
   • I am difficult to arouse some mornings.
5. to stimulate sexually verb
   • This movie usually arouses the male audience.
6. to summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic verb
   • I aroused the woodland creatures with my whistling.

Synonyms:

• raise
• stimulate
• wake

NearBy Words:

• aroused
• arouser