Synonyms of aroused

aroused 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in roused

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

2

as in excited

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

aroused

2 of 2

verb

past tense of arouse

1

as in woke

to cause to stop sleeping

the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lulled
• hypnotized
• mesmerized

2

as in awoke

to cease to be asleep

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• awoke
• woke
• awakened
• roused
• wakened
• rose
• watched
• arose
• rolled out
• reawakened
• turned out
• revived
• stirred
• got up
• uprose
• 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
• incited
• motivated
• piqued
• moved
• impassioned
• instigated
• induced
• triggered
• fired (up)
• drove
• motived
• kindled
• ignited
• revved (up)
• angered
• inflamed
• activated
• enraged
• energized
• bothered
• fanned
• quickened
• galvanized
• vitalized
• animated
• built a fire under
• set off
• fomented
• maddened
• upset
• keyed (up)
• abetted
• annoyed
• irritated
• aggravated
• exasperated
• taunted
• vexed
• pumped up
• raised
• whipped (up)
• teased
• fermented
• jeered
• got
• galled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of aroused

Verb

The song was inspired by his boyfriend, who, when aroused, came over his head. — Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 9 July 2026

As virality goes, this is not a big number, but the passion that the account has aroused dwarfs its reach. — David Kamp, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

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. — 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