Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.
Source: tatoeba (58605)
Arouse
//əˈɹaʊz//
Synonyms for "arouse" (234 found)
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induceinflameinfuriateinstigateinterestinvigorateirritatejazz upkey upkindleknockknock uplather uplight the fuselight uplivenmaddenmiffmotivatemove
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4 entriesTranslations
104 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὄρνυμι verb (to stimulate feelings)
Armenian
2 entries- գրգռել verb (to stimulate feelings)
- գրգռել verb (to sexually stimulate)
Bulgarian
2 entries- възбуждам verb (to sexually stimulate)
- събуждам verb (to stimulate feelings)
Catalan
4 entries- despertar verb (to awaken)
- desvetllar verb (to awaken)
- excitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- provocar verb (to stimulate feelings)
Dutch
2 entries- opwekken verb (to stimulate feelings)
- opwinden verb (to sexually stimulate)
Esperanto
1 entries- amorveki verb (to sexually stimulate)
Finnish
3 entries- herättää verb (to stimulate feelings)
- herättää verb (to awaken)
- kiihottaa verb (to sexually stimulate)
French
2 entries- exciter verb (to sexually stimulate)
- émoustiller verb (to sexually stimulate)
Galician
2 entries- arreitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- provocar verb (to stimulate feelings)
Georgian
1 entries- აღგზნება verb (to sexually stimulate)
German
4 entries- anregen verb (to stimulate feelings)
- aufreizen verb (to stimulate feelings)
- aufreizen verb (to sexually stimulate)
- aufwecken verb (to awaken)
Greek
4 entries- αφυπνίζω verb (to awaken)
- διεγείρω verb (to sexually stimulate)
- ερεθίζω verb (to sexually stimulate)
- ξυπνώ verb (to stimulate feelings)
Hungarian
4 entries- felizgat verb (to sexually stimulate)
- felkelt verb (to awaken)
- felébreszt verb (to awaken)
- izgalomba hoz verb (to sexually stimulate)
Irish
1 entries- spreag verb (to stimulate feelings)
Italian
4 entries- arrapare verb (to sexually stimulate)
- eccitare verb (to stimulate feelings)
- eccitare verb (to sexually stimulate)
- provocare verb (to stimulate feelings)
Japanese
1 entries- 興奮する verb (to sexually stimulate)
Korean
2 entries- 자극하다 verb (to stimulate feelings)
- 자극하다 verb (to sexually stimulate)
Māori
4 entries- nanawe verb (to stimulate feelings)
- pīkoikoi verb (to sexually stimulate)
- tore verb (to sexually stimulate)
- whakaara verb (to awaken)
Norwegian
1 entries- tenne verb (to sexually stimulate)
Polish
4 entries- budzić verb (to awaken)
- obudzić verb (to awaken)
- pobudzać verb (to sexually stimulate)
- pobudzić verb (to sexually stimulate)
Portuguese
4 entries- arreitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- despertar verb (to awaken)
- excitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- incitar verb (to stimulate feelings)
Russian
4 entries- возбуди́ть verb (to sexually stimulate)
- возбужда́ть verb (to sexually stimulate)
- вы́звать verb (to stimulate feelings)
- вызыва́ть verb (to stimulate feelings)
Sanskrit
1 entries- बोधयति verb (to awaken)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- beothaich verb (to stimulate feelings)
- beothaich verb (to awaken)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- uzbuditi verb (to sexually stimulate)
- узбудити verb (to sexually stimulate)
Spanish
4 entries- concitar verb (to stimulate feelings)
- despabilar verb (to awaken)
- despertar verb (to awaken)
- encalabrinar verb (to sexually stimulate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- збуджувати verb (to sexually stimulate)
- збудити verb (to sexually stimulate)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
His opinion does not arouse any sympathy in his colleagues.
Source: tatoeba (285515)
Don't arouse him from his sleep!
Source: tatoeba (307936)
What should I do to arouse desire in the man I'm interested in?
Source: tatoeba (329369)
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