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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
aroused
    adj 1: aroused to action; "the aroused opposition"
    2: emotionally aroused [syn: stimulated, stirred, stirred
       up, aroused]
    3: brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a
       fight" [syn: aroused, wound up]
    4: feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" [syn: aroused,
       horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, 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,
       aroused]
    6: (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would
       become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up
       about all the noise" [syn: aroused, emotional, excited,
       worked up]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
   [1913 Webster]

         No suspicion was aroused.                --Merivale.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for aroused:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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