Aroused

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  aroused \aroused\ adj.
     1. emotionally stimulated.
  
     Syn: stimulated, stirred, stirred up.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  


     2. 1 brought to a state of great psychological tension.
  
     Syn: wound up.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. 1 stimulated to a state of awareness and interest. the
        aroused opposition
  
     Syn: awakened.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. sexually aroused; feeling a strong urge for sexual
        activity.
  
     Syn: aflame, hot, turned on(predicate), horny.
          [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
  
     5. excessively affected by emotion; -- of persons.
  
     Syn: emotional, excited.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Arouse \A*rouse"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Aroused}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Arousing}.] [Pref. a- + rouse.]
     To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in
     motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one
     from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
           His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper.
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           No suspicion was aroused.                --Merivale.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  aroused
       adj 1: aroused to action; "the aroused opposition"
       2: emotionally aroused [syn: {stimulated}, {stirred}, {stirred
          up}]
       3: brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a
          fight" [syn: {wound up}]
       4: feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" [syn: {horny},
          {randy}, {ruttish}, {turned on(p)}]
       5: keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating
          excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram
          Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" [syn: {ablaze}, {aflame},
           {turned on(p)}]
       6: of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would
          become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up
          about all the noise" [syn: {emotional}, {excited}, {worked
          up}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "aroused":
     agog, alarmed, alerted, aquiver, atingle, atwitter, bursting,
     carried away, ebullient, effervescent, excited, exhilarated, fired,
     frightened, high, hopped up, impassioned, inflamed, keyed up,
     lathered up, manic, moved, ready to burst, roused, startled,
     steamed up, stimulated, stirred, stirred up, thrilled, tingling,
     tingly, turned-on, whipped up, worked up, wrought up, yeasty