arousea‧rouse /əˈraʊz/ ●○○ verb [transitive] 
Matt’s behavior was arousing the interest of the neighbors.2arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc to make someone feel very unfriendly and angry, or suspicious: A great deal of anger was aroused by Campbell’s decision.3to make someone feel sexually excited SYN excite: She felt aroused by the pressure of his body so close to hers.4literary to wake someonearouse from Anne had to be aroused from a deep sleep.
WORD ORIGINarouse
Origin:
1500-1600 rouseVERB TABLE
arouse
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | arouse |
| he, she, it | arouses | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | aroused |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have aroused |
| he, she, it | has aroused | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had aroused |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will arouse |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have aroused |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am arousing |
| he, she, it | is arousing | |
| you, we, they | are arousing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was arousing |
| you, we, they | were arousing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been arousing |
| he, she, it | has been arousing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been arousing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be arousing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been arousing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- His strange behavior aroused my suspicions.
- The resignation of the managing director is certain to arouse new fears about the future of the company.
- The success of the recent TV series has aroused young people's curiosity about nature in general.
- Ask yourself how it makes you feel, what memories it arouses within you and whether you enjoy the sensation.
- Certainly women could tell, as men could, when one of their number was aroused.
- It arouses dim memories of that tragic time when the flow of milk ceased for the child, when he was weaned.
- Once again, however, it took the fears engendered by the Boer War to arouse widespread interest in the issue.
- Some of the girls aroused him and arousal made him think first of Charmian, then of Marge.
- The New Urban Left councils aroused considerable hostility from the government, and some anxiety from the leadership of the Labour party.
- Whether that will arouse great controversy among any but the most convinced monarchists is doubtful.
- Zeus had made him keeper of the Winds, to still them or arouse them at his will.
Longman Language Activatorto make someone have a particular feeling
: to make somebody worried/nervous/happy etc · Stop staring at me - you're making me nervous.· Money is the only thing that seemed to make him happy.· Standing up all day really makes me tired.make somebody want to do something · The whole thing was so depressing - it made me want to give up and go home.
: have somebody worried/confused/interested etc to make someone worried, confused etc, especially only for a short time: · You had me worried for a minute - I thought you weren't going to show up.· The film was so full of suspense, it had the audience on the edge of their seats.
formal make people feel interested, jealous etc: excite interest/jealousy/suspicion etc: · Arthur's enormous wealth excited the envy of his rivals.· Recent fossil finds in Africa have excited interest among palaeontologists.
written to make people have a strong interest in something or strong feelings, such as anger, fear, dislike etc: arouse anger/suspicion/fear etc: · His strange behavior aroused my suspicions.· The resignation of the managing director is certain to arouse new fears about the future of the company.arouse interest/curiosity: · The success of the recent TV series has aroused young people's curiosity about nature in general.
written to make someone have a particular emotion, thought, or reaction: · She tried everything in an attempt to evoke sympathy and pity from her parents.· Her speech today evoked surprise and outrage from many French officials.· The names Witches Well, Candlemaker Row and Grassmarket Square evoke visions of another era.
to make something such as a feeling exist and grow: · The murder trial has generated enormous public interest.· Realistic programmes about crime only serve to generate fear among the public.· Completing the project on time and under budget generated a feeling of pride and accomplishment among the team.
to deliberately make a lot of people feel interested, excited, angry etc about something that you think is important: whip up something: · It's difficult to whip up people's interest in the environment.· She's been giving speeches all over the state to whip up support for her campaign.whip somebody/something up: · Rylan has been accused of whipping crowds up into frenzies of violent hatred.
: reduce somebody to tears/silence/a bag of nerves etc to treat someone in such an unkind or unfair way, that they cry, are silent etc: · He would often yell at his wife until he had reduced her to tears.· One look from him was enough to reduce anyone to absolute silence.· Her outbursts in the classroom have the effect of reducing her students to gibbering wrecks.
to make someone expect something to encourage someone to expect something, especially something that does not actually happen: · The hotel was horrible - not at all what we'd been led to expect.· I think his campaign promises led us all to expect he'd be a much more honest politician.
if something that someone says raises or arouses expectations , it makes people begin to expect something good or interesting: · A good manager raises expectations among employees.raise/arouse expectations of: · The prime minister's remarks aroused expectations of tax cuts.
wanting to have sex having strong physical feelings that you want to have sex with someone: · As she kissed him, he became more and more excited.sexually excited: · He was getting sexually excited, and his breathing became short and fast.
if you are aroused , you want to have sex with someone, usually because of the way they look or something they have done to make your body feel sexually excited: · She didn't have a lot of experience, but she knew when a man was aroused and when he wasn't.sexually aroused: · You are more likely to have a useful conversation about safer sex if you don't leave it until you are sexually aroused.
/randy British feeling sexually excited and wanting to have sex with someone: · Thinking about her made me feel really randy.· I don't want a room-mate who acts like a horny teenager with every woman he meets.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(also stir up anger informal) (=make people angry)· The referee’s decision provoked anger among the fans.
(=cause it)· The presence of Indian troops near the border has aroused considerable anxiety in neighbouring Pakistan.
(=cause it)· Locke aroused considerable controversy with his suggestion.
(=make someone want to know about something)· New people in the village always aroused our curiosity.
formal (=make people feel enthusiastic)· The changes to the timetable failed to arouse enthusiasm amongst the staff.
(=cause it)· The music aroused a feeling of calm within him.
(=make people interested)· This extraordinary story has aroused interest in many quarters.
(=make someone angry) The proposal has drawn the ire of local residents.
The proposal has drawn the ire of local residents. (=make someone feel disagreement)· A plan to build on farm land aroused local opposition.
(=cause strong feelings in people)· The case aroused passions throughout the country.
(=make people feel it)· The terms of his contract aroused deep resentment among the other players.
(=make people think that someone has done something wrong)· How was he able to kill his victims without arousing suspicion?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· In Ionia, Pausanias' arrogance and lust for gold and women aroused widespread anger.· Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.· Friendly fire is included; that's the euphemism which aroused such anger at the Gulf War inquest in Oxford this spring.· They are fascinating and frightening; they arouse anger and they are defiant.· This oppressive measure on the part of the authority aroused much anger among writers.· Such arrogance always aroused the anger of the gods.· Performed in Shiraz it aroused enormous anger and offence.
· The Conservative government of the 1980s has aroused profound anxiety by its policies of centralization and executive control.· Such increases could renew corporate efforts to cut medical costs by passing them on to employees, thus further arousing consumer anxiety.· Disablement arouses severe anxieties and strong resentment in people.· The more you try to control something that can not be controlled, the more your body is aroused, causing anxiety.· His presence in restricted areas had aroused the anxiety of the Soviets.
· It has aroused concern because of the resulting increase in the burden of taxation and reduction in individual choice.
· Whether that will arouse great controversy among any but the most convinced monarchists is doubtful.· Apart from Mary, however, black images are too rare to arouse much comment or controversy.· The introduction of the community charge aroused considerable controversy around three main issues.· It aroused as much controversy as any Alsop column up to that time.· As might be expected, such a policy aroused enormous controversy and opposition, and was later modified.· Political Pluralism and the Media Media analysis often arouses controversy, not just about the findings themselves but about their policy implications.· The justification for Gloucester's assumption of power confused contemporaries and has continued to arouse controversy.· What were the central features of this democracy, which aroused such controversy at the time, and still provokes debate today?
· My curiosity about beekeeping was aroused when I read that Sherlock Holmes story.· No wonder my curiosity was aroused.· In the middle, a tall negro. Curiosity aroused, the rider turned his horse and rode towards them.· His curiosity is aroused by my problem, and he gives me some suggestions to follow up in the library in Asnieres.· But Stevens' curiosity was aroused.· As a result of the huge curiosity our stance aroused, we had to continuously explain and defend our politics.
· But once in a while, when her veil drops, it arouses other emotions.· They were a device to arouse emotions.· Which situations tend to arouse these emotions in you?· Just what was it about this man that he could arouse her strongest emotions so very easily? she thought hazily.· This national event aroused such emotions and nostalgia that people everywhere responded with magnificent donations.· Religion was the political issue which aroused the most passionate emotions amongst the population at large.· The setting up of the agency has aroused strong emotions, but there are widespread misunderstandings about it.· There were tackles which brought the Aberdeen support to their feet in acclamation, and aroused different emotions in the rest.
· Sixth-form colleges did not arouse enthusiasm in the Department of Education and Science of 1965.· A plan is taking shape, and it arouses obvious enthusiasm in some quarters.· Personenkreis 1-3 is not exactly the type of play that is guaranteed to arouse the enthusiasm of the critics.
· The government's discomfiture during the Crimean War had aroused great expectations of major change even before Alexander became committed to Emancipation.· Kennedy and Wilson had both aroused expectations, which had not been fulfilled.· To tamper with serfdom was certain to arouse wild expectations among the peasantry and would require the most rigorous control.
· But you aroused those fears only to force exile.· He said she did nothing to arouse fear in her sons to the degree that they would kill her.· To place something else at the center may arouse fears that superstition and non-scientific ideas will attack an undefended citadel of science.
· The New Urban Left councils aroused considerable hostility from the government, and some anxiety from the leadership of the Labour party.· Consequently, the Franco regime could not institute a programme of land reform without arousing the hostility of the landowners.
· A man doing a handstand in the town centre is likely to arouse interest.· While the paintings by Miro do not arouse much interest, the ones by Klee become an instantaneous success.· Become a part of your local scene and it may well disappear altogether, except when your activities arouse friendly interest.· A new consumer product must be introduced with a suitable advertising campaign to arouse an interest in it.· The purpose of this chapter is to arouse your interest in thinking about the question.· The plan aroused much interest and in 1842 James Beart Simonds was selected as lecturer from half a dozen candidates.· The shadow cabinet elections are arousing unusual interest because of change at the top.
· Means-related fines, in particular, have aroused the ire of middle-income earners.
· A man doing a handstand in the town centre is likely to arouse interest.· Its stirring words aroused free men everywhere to defend the government.· Diana was flattered, flustered and bewildered by the passion she had aroused in a man twelve years her senior.· The men who thought they drank alcohol and who actually got alcohol were the most highly aroused.
· Predictably, this putative development has aroused considerable opposition within public sector higher education.· The project aroused tremendous community opposition in the mid-1980s and was initially denied a permit by the California Energy Commission.· It's aroused a little local opposition.· As might be expected, such a policy aroused enormous controversy and opposition, and was later modified.· It aroused much local opposition but the directives came into force, technically at least, from I January this year.· Even where an application does arouse some opposition, issues of public amenity rarely arise.
· It arouses all forms of passion.· Neither slinky dresses nor thigh-throttling jeans and undulating cleavage seem to arouse the slightest passion into those zombies on the terraces.· The case aroused passions in Norfolk and across Britain.
· This aroused the resentment of almost the whole front bench, but Wigg's hostility was not evenly spread.· It is the peculiar nature of the bureaucracy that sensible initiatives like this arouse great resentment and efforts at evasion.· This aroused their resentment, and consequently their respect.
· Unless your home is totally dilapidated, steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.· Although it quickly subsided, what I was able to catch was sufficient to arouse suspicion.· Like Miltiades, he had aroused the suspicion of his people that he aimed at supreme power.· In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers' union branches.· The two painters downstairs impinge - directly through their crazy behaviour arousing suspicion against themselves, and indirectly through Porfiry.· If she aroused the girl's suspicion all would be lost.· In the current climate, any smooth and unambiguous unity of theory is likely to arouse suspicion.· He sat once again at his desk and began to consider how to get the official document translated without arousing further suspicion.
VERB· Reinforce this so your man won't feel pressure to become aroused.· We become deeply aroused by the featherbedding union.· Santa Anna was not yet aware of the extent to which the nation had become aroused.· When you try to activate these systems yourself, the body becomes aroused, which pushes sedation and ultimately sleep further away.
· My first suspicion that these chaps were not what they seemed was aroused as I listened.· Neither slinky dresses nor thigh-throttling jeans and undulating cleavage seem to arouse the slightest passion into those zombies on the terraces.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
1arouse interest/expectations etc to make you become interested, expect something etc: - A man doing a handstand in the town centre is likely to arouse interest.
- Kennedy and Wilson had both aroused expectations, which had not been fulfilled.
- This extraordinary and highly convoluted story has aroused interest in many quarters from time to time.
- Although it quickly subsided, what I was able to catch was sufficient to arouse suspicion.
- In schools the increasing number of para.professionals creeping in under the resources umbrella have understandably aroused suspicions in teachers' union branches.
- Parked vehicles that arouse suspicion should be reported.
- Similarly the threat of a loss arouses anxiety and actual loss causes sorrow, while both situations are likely to arouse anger.
- The beguiling simplicity of the flat tax is one reason it arouses suspicion.
- The two painters downstairs impinge - directly through their crazy behaviour arousing suspicion against themselves, and indirectly through Porfiry.
- They are fascinating and frightening; they arouse anger and they are defiant.
- Unless your home is totally dilapidated, steer clear of a complete redecoration prior to selling: it will arouse suspicion.
Matt’s behavior was arousing the interest of the neighbors.2arouse hostility/suspicion/resentment/anger etc to make someone feel very unfriendly and angry, or suspicious: A great deal of anger was aroused by Campbell’s decision.3to make someone feel sexually excited SYN excite: She felt aroused by the pressure of his body so close to hers.4literary to wake someonearouse from Anne had to be aroused from a deep sleep.