aroused : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: aroused	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for aroused
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aroused adj aroused to action; "the aroused opposition" emotionally aroused Synonym(s): stimulated, stirred, stirred up, aroused brought to a state of great tension; "all wound up for a fight" Synonym(s): aroused, wound up feeling great sexual desire; "feeling horny" Synonym(s): aroused, horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on(p) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; "his face all ablaze with excitement"- Bram Stoker; "he was aflame with desire" Synonym(s): ablaze, aflame, aroused (of persons) excessively affected by emotion; "he would become emotional over nothing at all"; "she was worked up about all the noise" Synonym(s): aroused, emotional, excited, worked up
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. --Cowper. No suspicion was aroused. --Merivale.