Synonyms of aroused

aroused 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in roused

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roused
• awakened
• wakened
• wakeful
• sleepless
• about
• awake
• aware
• rousted
• insomniac
• wide-awake
• revived
• astir
• conscious
• up
• reawakened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleeping
• dormant
• resting
• asleep
• unawakened
• drowsy
• sleepy
• somnolent
• nodding
• slumberous
• napping
• slumbrous
• dreaming
• slumbering
• dozing
• dozy
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in excited

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• horny
• lustful
• passionate
• licentious
• libidinous
• lascivious
• lecherous
• salacious
• lewd
• randy
• itchy
• promiscuous
• concupiscent
• oversexed
• wanton
• easy
• dissipated
• hot
• lubricious
• goatish
• lubricous
• hypersexual
• loose
• satyric
• dissolute
• depraved
• degraded
• libertine
• indecent
• fast
• corrupt
• debased
• immoral
• demoralized
• debauched
• degenerate
• decadent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• frigid
• pure
• moral
• virtuous
• modest
• chaste
• celibate
• decent
• immaculate
• monastic
• undersexed
• monkish
• innocent
• virginal
• maidenly
• prudish
• puritanical
• priggish
• Victorian
• prim
• straitlaced
• lily-white
• straightlaced

aroused

2 of 2

verb

past tense of arouse

1

as in waked

to cause to stop sleeping

the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waked
• woke
• awakened
• roused
• awaked
• awoke
• wakened
• knocked up
• stimulated
• stirred
• revived
• provoked
• routed
• disturbed
• reawakened
• excited
• raised
• rousted
• agitated
• bestirred
• rewoke
• rewaked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awaked

to cease to be asleep

set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waked
• awaked
• awoke
• woke
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• rose
• watched
• arose
• rolled out
• reawakened
• turned out
• revived
• stirred
• got up
• uprose
• rewoke
• shifted
• rewaked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rested
• nodded
• slept
• dropped off
• dozed
• slumbered
• retired
• napped
• couched
• turned in
• conked (off or out)
• bedded (down)
• snoozed
• flopped
• catnapped
• slept in
• sacked out
• lay up
• kipped (down)
• dossed (down)
• overslept

3

as in provoked

to rouse to strong feeling or action

the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• provoked
• encouraged
• stimulated
• stirred
• inspired
• sparked
• excited
• motivated
• incited
• piqued
• moved
• impassioned
• instigated
• induced
• triggered
• fired (up)
• drove
• motived
• kindled
• ignited
• revved (up)
• angered
• inflamed
• activated
• enraged
• energized
• bothered
• fanned
• quickened
• galvanized
• vitalized
• enflamed
• animated
• built a fire under
• set off
• fomented
• maddened
• upset
• keyed (up)
• abetted
• annoyed
• irritated
• aggravated
• exasperated
• taunted
• vexed
• pumped up
• raised
• teased
• whipped (up)
• fermented
• jeered
• got
• galled
• vext

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• calmed
• subdued
• soothed
• appeased
• tranquillized
• tranquilized
• pacified
• placated
• mollified