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Results for: "arouse"

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Translations:

arouse
→ vekke

Additional Definitions (WordNet):


VERB (7)

1. call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses);
- Example: "arouse pity"
- Example: "raise a smile"
- Example: "evoke sympathy"
[syn: arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke]

2. stop sleeping;
- Example: "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
[syn: wake up, awake, arouse, awaken, wake, come alive, waken]

3. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic;
- Example: "raise the specter of unemployment"
- Example: "he conjured wild birds in the air"
- Example: "call down the spirits from the mountain"
[syn: raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth]

4. cause to be alert and energetic;
- Example: "Coffee and tea stimulate me"
- Example: "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
[syn: stimulate, arouse, brace, energize, energise, perk up]

5. cause to become awake or conscious;
- Example: "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"
- Example: "Please wake me at 6 AM."
[syn: awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse]

6. to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir";
[syn: arouse, stir]

7. stimulate sexually;
- Example: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
[syn: arouse, sex, excite, turn on, wind up]