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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
Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Yet the calmness of these denials aroused American suspicion.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
Convinced that being aroused during this period revived his psychic being and boosted creativity, Dalí would then sit down and start painting.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
The titillating drama explores the complexities of dominant-submissive relationships and fetishes, as Ray gets aroused by making Colin lick his boots, buy his groceries and sleep at the foot of his bed.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The scans aroused suspicions, and the decision was made to admit Jim through the emergency room.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Court records also cite graphic messages in which Zinn admitted to being aroused by the material.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Instead, her screams and attempts to pull away only aroused the animal, increasing its strength.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Rogen remembers the moment Apatow came up with one of the scenes that drew the biggest laughs in the film, in which Steve Carell’s character awkwardly tries to relieve himself while aroused.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
Certainly, they are aroused by the concept of being ruinously in its thrall.
—Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Yet the calmness of these denials aroused American suspicion.
—Big Think, 20 Oct. 2025
Convinced that being aroused during this period revived his psychic being and boosted creativity, Dalí would then sit down and start painting.
—Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
The titillating drama explores the complexities of dominant-submissive relationships and fetishes, as Ray gets aroused by making Colin lick his boots, buy his groceries and sleep at the foot of his bed.
—Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
The scans aroused suspicions, and the decision was made to admit Jim through the emergency room.
—Ann Patchett, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Court records also cite graphic messages in which Zinn admitted to being aroused by the material.
—Jesus Mesa
gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Instead, her screams and attempts to pull away only aroused the animal, increasing its strength.
—Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Rogen remembers the moment Apatow came up with one of the scenes that drew the biggest laughs in the film, in which Steve Carell’s character awkwardly tries to relieve himself while aroused.
—Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aroused
Adjective
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Scherzinger glowed with an excited expression, her arms raised again in the air.—
Danielle Minnetian,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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A lot of us are excited to refresh our spaces in the new year.—
Shagun Khare,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Friend Ellen DeGeneres also gave a shoutout through a candid video shared on Instagram, in which the former talk show host woke Kris up from a nap by singing in her ear.—
Nicholas Rice,
PEOPLE,
9 Nov. 2025
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Here she is being woke in the name of destroying her enemies, most of whom the show has given us very little reason to root for.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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The most famous, perhaps, was of lung cancer patient David Prueitt, who swallowed a supposedly lethal dose of medication and awoke three days later.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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Venezuelans awoke the next morning to news that the tall, burly man who had ruled the country for nearly 13 years and through fraudulent elections was forcefully extradited by the Americans back to the United States to stand trial.—
Daniel DePetris,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Visit our website What is striking in retrospect is how little resistance Roosevelt’s framing provoked.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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This, in turn, reinforced Webster’s own initial claim about his fight with the MPD cop—that Rathbun had provoked the encounter by striking him in the head, then lied about it to counter Webster’s righteous assertion of self-defense, resulting in his wrongful conviction.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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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.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Pretty hard when patisserie requires the butter to be cold, which we are told more times than there are horny puns.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
31 Oct. 2025
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There were stabs at horny lounge jazz, a melodramatic Latin guitar ballad, even a folksy blues number.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Shapiro and his wife, Lori, roused the rest of the household.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
New Yorker,
1 Dec. 2025
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Just as legendary as his triumphs have been his fist pumps, his reactions to good and bad shots, and his celebrations that roused the crowds.—
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The city’s emergency overflow shelter is available to adults over 18, with capacity for dogs in kennels, but the office encouraged people who need a warm place to sleep to seek primary shelters as a first option.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Nov. 2025
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During the end of the latter track, Lauper encouraged audience members to sing along and brought Salt-n-Pepa onstage to join in.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Aroused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aroused. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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