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as in roused
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as in excited
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as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep
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as in awoke
to cease to be asleep
set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m.
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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
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Recent Examples of aroused
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Bell is a revelation as the nebbish, envious and conflictedly aroused Niall — a desperate man hiding from others and himself.
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Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
This aroused suspicion and eventually led to searches of Kamnik’s phone, computer, and external hard drive, which revealed a massive trove of illicit material.
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Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
And each movement aroused an urge to move in the woman lying above, as if an avalanche of imperceptible but palpable vibrations had been triggered.
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Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
There, the tortoise became visibly aroused seeing another tortoise.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
When a roadster with a rumble seat came out of the fire road and turned west toward Clam Lake, the wardens’ suspicions were aroused.
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Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
The harder a person tries to force sleep, the more aroused the brain becomes, the more elusive sleep becomes.
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Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
Jane Street may have also aroused jealousy among some traders for its massively profitable trading strategies, and the secret and eccentric behavior of co-founder Rob Granieri, described in a recent Bloomberg profile.
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Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Verb
Overview The emergence of teleSUR has aroused significant interest due to its uniqueness of being the first regional television channel purely financed by more than three Latin American states.
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Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
Bell is a revelation as the nebbish, envious and conflictedly aroused Niall — a desperate man hiding from others and himself.
—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Apr. 2026
This aroused suspicion and eventually led to searches of Kamnik’s phone, computer, and external hard drive, which revealed a massive trove of illicit material.
—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2026
And each movement aroused an urge to move in the woman lying above, as if an avalanche of imperceptible but palpable vibrations had been triggered.
—
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
There, the tortoise became visibly aroused seeing another tortoise.
—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2026
When a roadster with a rumble seat came out of the fire road and turned west toward Clam Lake, the wardens’ suspicions were aroused.
—
Dave Duffey,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2026
The harder a person tries to force sleep, the more aroused the brain becomes, the more elusive sleep becomes.
—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
Jane Street may have also aroused jealousy among some traders for its massively profitable trading strategies, and the secret and eccentric behavior of co-founder Rob Granieri, described in a recent Bloomberg profile.
—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aroused
Adjective
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Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.
Adjective
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While the online retailer is serving up some excellent K-beauty deals—up to 40% off markdowns—our beauty editors are most excited about Medicube deals.
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While the Athletics hosted the Angels in Sacramento, their Single-A affiliate minor league team, Stockton Ports, hosted lots of dads who were excited to take their kids, young and grown, out to the ball game.
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Brittney Brimway and her three children were on a flight from Los Angeles to Turks and Caicos with a layover in New York City when her son woke her up with some less-than-comforting news.
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And Axios’ sources indicated the admin simply did not like Anthropic’s woke vibe.
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Residents in southeastern districts adjacent to the facility awoke to thick columns of black smoke rising above the city skyline, while local environmental authorities advised city residents to limit time outdoors amid concerns over air quality.
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According to the San Bernardino County Fire Department, the man awoke to a bear paw.
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The president highlighted the military operation in Iran that has proven deeply unpopular, and an immigration agenda that has provoked intense backlash.
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Concentrated wealth has always converted into influence, and the republic absorbed it and built the antitrust law and disclosure rules that outlasted the men who provoked them.
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Her music owned up to being horny, garish, and superficial, but could scan as thin or cheap when held up to other kinds of ethical or political scrutiny.
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By its end, there is even less coherence between the characters and plotlines, diverging into a few pages from the perspective of a desperately horny lesbian crab.
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After Israel struck a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut on Sunday, Israelis went to bed expecting to be roused by incoming missiles from Iran.
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This roused the Court-Philippe-Chatrier crowd, and in the second set Andreeva fully unraveled, smacking another ball to the rafters and asking people in her box to leave.
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Making the leap to full-time guiding came after long hours and a pivotal conversation with his wife, his biggest supporter and accountability partner, who encouraged him to pursue life around his most consuming obsession.
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In the news release, the Sheriff’s Office encouraged the public to wear proper safety equipment and to wear personal floatation devices while on the water.
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