arouse
- sense 1: call forth; of emotions, feelings, and responses; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
- arouse elicit enkindle kindle evoke fire raise provoke
- sense 2: stop sleeping; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock"
- wake_up awake arouse awaken wake come_alive waken
- sense 3: evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
- raise conjure conjure_up invoke evoke stir call_down arouse bring_up put_forward call_forth
- sense 4: cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"
- stimulate arouse brace energize energise perk_up
- sense 5: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."
- awaken wake waken rouse wake_up arouse
- sense 6: to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
- arouse stir
- sense 7: stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- arouse sex excite turn_on wind_up
- stimulate shake shake_up excite stir
- arouse elicit enkindle kindle evoke fire raise provoke