aroused

[aroused]

Use aroused to describe someone who is emotionally stirred up. The crowd at the protest march might be so aroused with passion that you can almost feel it through the television screen.

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Adjective S.
of persons; excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise"

Adjective S.
emotionally aroused

Adjective S.
keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire"

Adjective S.
aroused to action; "the aroused opposition"

Adjective S.
feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny"

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Adjective S.
brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight"


imp. & p. p.
of Arouse


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Usage Examples

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Between 2 and 3 in the morning of the 19th inst. I was aroused by the cry that the enemy was upon us.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political will, but political will is a renewable resource.

If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.

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