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Synonyms and Antonyms of arousing
- the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep
- set the alarm so we would arouse at 5:00 a.m.
catnapping, conking (off or out), dozing, dropping off, napping, nodding, resting, sleeping, slumbering, snoozing
bedding (down), couching, dossing (down) [chiefly British], flopping, kipping (down) [British], retiring, sacking out, turning in
- the court's controversial decision aroused many to protest and to lobby the legislature for a constitutional amendment
fanning, igniting, inflaming (also enflaming), kindling, triggering
activating, animating, driving, energizing, galvanizing, inducing, inspiring, keying (up), motivating, motiving, pumping up, quickening, setting off, vitalizing
abetting, fermenting, fomenting, raising, whipping (up)
angering, enraging, maddening, upsetting
aggravating, annoying, bothering, exasperating, galling, getting, irritating, vexing
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