1. Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   "arouse pity";
   - elicit, enkindle [literary], kindle, evoke, raise, provoke
    
2. Cause to become awake or conscious
   "The alarm clock aroused the entire household";
   - awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up
    
3. Cause to be alert and energetic
   "The coffee aroused the sleepy students";
   - stimulate, brace, energize, energise [Brit], perk up, stir
    
4. To evoke sexual feelings
   "This movie usually arouses the male audience";
   - excite, turn on, wind up
    
5. Summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
   "The spell aroused the spirits";
   - raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, call down, bring up, call forth

Derived forms: arousing, arouses, aroused

Type of: affect, alter, call up, change, create, excite, make, modify, shake, shake up, stir, summon

Encyclopedia: Arouse