AROUSING Synonyms: 134 Similar and Opposite Words

arousing 1 of 2

adjective

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as in energizing

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verb

present participle of arouse

as in waking

to cause to stop sleeping the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep

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as in awaking

to cease to be asleep set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m.

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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

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Squeezing lube out of a bottle until the cold goop squirts out isn't the most arousing act. —

Brenda Stolyar, WIRED, 4 Feb. 2023 Some research suggests that men around the world find a specific waist-to-hip ratio (0.7) to be most arousing. —

Ogi Ogas, Discover Magazine, 20 Sep. 2011 Amazon Prime members can also ship items to a locker to avoid arousing suspicions when the parcel is delivered, Valentine Lent said. —

Amanda Pérez Pintado, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2022 That’s sort of gross, but also a strangely arousing way to describe the painful expansion of self that comes with falling in love. —

Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2022 The supervisor also recommended performing the steps two to three hours after trying to interview members of a household to avoid arousing suspicions from higher-ups who could track where census takers had been through their IPhones. —

Mike Schneider, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Nov. 2020

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