Synonyms of arousing

arousing 1 of 2

adjective

as in energizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• energizing
• stimulating
• waking
• rousing
• invigorating
• awakening
• wakening
• stimulant
• refreshing
• reviving
• stimulative
• bracing
• stimulatory
• restorative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hypnotic
• narcotic
• drowsy
• sleepy
• opiate
• somnolent
• soporific
• slumberous
• slumbrous
• sedative
• tranquilizing
• soothing
• relaxant
• settling
• comforting
• somniferous
• calming
• relaxing
• depressant
• restful
• tranquillizing
• quieting
• pacifying
• lulling

arousing

2 of 2

verb

present participle of arouse

1

as in waking

to cause to stop sleeping

the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• waking
• awakening
• awaking
• rousing
• wakening
• knocking up
• provoking
• stimulating
• stirring
• raising
• disturbing
• exciting
• reviving
• reawakening
• routing
• rousting
• agitating
• bestirring
• rewaking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulling
• mesmerizing
• hypnotizing

2

as in awaking

to cease to be asleep

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awaking
• waking
• awakening
• rousing
• wakening
• rising
• watching
• uprising
• arising
• rolling out
• reawakening
• stirring
• reviving
• getting up
• turning out
• rewaking
• shifting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sleeping
• resting
• slumbering
• dozing
• dropping off
• nodding
• napping
• snoozing
• retiring
• bedding (down)
• turning in
• couching
• flopping
• sleeping in
• catnapping
• conking (off or out)
• dossing (down)
• lying up
• kipping (down)
• sacking out
• oversleeping

3

as in provoking

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

• provoking
• encouraging
• stimulating
• stirring
• inspiring
• exciting
• sparking
• inciting
• motivating
• moving
• inducing
• instigating
• triggering
• driving
• firing (up)
• piquing
• revving (up)
• igniting
• inflaming
• energizing
• impassioning
• motiving
• activating
• galvanizing
• angering
• kindling
• fanning
• animating
• enflaming
• vitalizing
• building a fire under
• enraging
• fomenting
• quickening
• bothering
• teasing
• upsetting
• setting off
• abetting
• taunting
• fermenting
• maddening
• keying (up)
• irritating
• aggravating
• whipping (up)
• exasperating
• raising
• jeering
• annoying
• pumping up
• getting
• vexing
• galling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• soothing
• calming
• subduing
• tranquilizing
• appeasing
• tranquillizing
• placating
• pacifying
• mollifying