Words and phrases that have a meaning related to arouse: (262 results)
Antonyms:
calm, cause to sleep, de-energize, dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize
Often used in the same context:
provoke, engender, elicit, incite, evoke, rouse, stoke, heighten, excite, evince, inflame, ignite, assuage, stir, allay, titillate, kindle, awaken, reawaken, rile, galvanize, garner, gratify, induce, enrage, reignite, foment, dampen, pique, spark, soothe, irritate, inspire, sooth, rekindle, convey, generate, instigate, offend, quell, attract, amuse, prompt, frighten, suppress, satisfy, discomfit, infuriate, whet, becloud, captivate, mollify, appease, spur, endear, tickle, squelch, crystallize, repress, dissipate, dispel, unnerve, enthrall, exude, alienate, betray, feign, nauseate, sate, intensify, disconcert, rankle, distract, seduce, scandalize, tantalize, enkindle, satiate, express, tamp down, stimulate, unsettle, beguile, overshadow, polarize, horrify, appall, instill, quench, presage, terrify, startle, enliven, suffuse, annoy, embarrass, imbue, disturb, ingratiate, erupt, astonish, conjure, victorious, cease, disappearing, none, predominant, abound, accumulate, acquire, affirm, affords, aspire, believe, briefly, compare, controlling, degenerate, derive, descend, dwells, eugene
More specific:
animate, ask for, bring around, bring back, bring round, bring to, call, cathect, discompose, draw, fire up, heat, hurt, infatuate, injure, interest, invigorate, invite, liven, liven up, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, quicken, reanimate, recreate, reinvigorate, revive, revivify, shame, spite, stir up, sweep over, tease, tempt, untune, upset, vivify, whelm, wound
Appears in the definition of:
acathexis, alarm, alert, alien, alienate, alluring, attractive, beguiling, bonus, coquetry, crystal gazing, dalliance, disaffect, disheartened, enticing, estrange, excite, fillip, fire up, flag waving, flirt, flirtation, flirting, heat, ignite, infatuate, inflame, input, jingoism, laughably, ludicrously, mass meeting, move, noncontroversial, pornographic, preposterously, rally, rekindle, ridiculously, sexy, sob story, sob stuff, stimulant, stimulation, stimulus, stir up, tease, teaser, tempting, toying, unattractive, uncontroversial, unsensational, wake
More general:
affect, alter, catch some z's, change, create, kip, log z's, make, shake, shake up, sleep, slumber
Synonyms:
Also try:awake, brace, bring up, call down, call forth, come alive, conjure up, energise, energize, fire, invoke, perk up, put forward, raise, sex, turn on, wake up, waken, wind up
— Adjectives for arouse: french, dead, first, general, brave, physical, most, dry, latter, traditional, chewing, more...
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