Events of that type generally arouse suspicion.
Source: tatoeba (58605)
Arouse
/əˈɹaʊz/
Synonyms for "arouse" (353 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (71)
Verb(26 words)
awakenevokeexciteprovokestimulateaflareagitatesangersawakeawakenedawakensawakesawokeawokenbestirredbestirsbracebring upcall downcall forth
Show 6 more words
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (106)
Verb(33 words)
Noun(14 words)
emotionalizingevoke disgustevokingfiresflurriesfrench mouvoirfrenziesgalvanizinggeneratinghacklesheatsignitinginflaminginterest
Adjective(8 words)
energetic classenergizing imaginationexcited configurationexcitingfascinatingimpassionedinflamedintriguing
Related words (176)
kindleknockknock uplather uplight the fuselight uplivenmaddenmiffmotivatemovenettleobtainoverexcitepeevepep upperk uppiquepokeprocure
Show 62 more words
provokeput up toquickenraiseraise uprallyranklerecallrecollectrefreshrestorereviverileroilrouserufflesecureset astirset fire toset onset on fireset upshake upsic onsnap upsound the alarmsound the tocsinsparkstartlesteam upstimulatestirstir the bloodstir the embersstir the feelingsstir upsummonsummon forthsummon upthrilltickletouchturnturn onvexvitalizewakewake upwakenwanglewangle out ofwarmwarm the bloodwarnwhetwhip upwinkle outwork intowork upworm outworm out ofzip up
Verb(52 words)
kindlekindledkindlesperk uppique interestpiquedpiquespolarisingpromptprovokedprovokesput forwardraisereawakensroilsrouserousedrousessensitizesensitized
Show 32 more words
sexsparkedsparkingspurstimulate imaginationstimulatedstimulatesstirstirredstirsstoketantalizetantalizedtantalizestickledtitillatetitillatedtitillatestriggeredturn ontwingedwakewake upwake up the classwakedwakenwakenswhetswhettedwind upwokenwrings
Noun(39 words)
Preposition(1 words)
of interest
Adjective(2 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
More specific
10 entriesCollocations
6 entriesarouse angerarouse curiosityarouse debatearouse emotionarouse interestarouse suspicion
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
39 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գրգռել verb (to sexually stimulate)
Bulgarian
1 entries- възбуждам verb (to sexually stimulate)
Catalan
1 entries- excitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
Dutch
1 entries- opwinden verb (to sexually stimulate)
Esperanto
1 entries- amorveki verb (to sexually stimulate)
Finnish
1 entries- kiihottaa verb (to sexually stimulate)
French
2 entries- exciter verb (to sexually stimulate)
- émoustiller verb (to sexually stimulate)
Galician
1 entries- arreitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
Georgian
1 entries- აღგზნება verb (to sexually stimulate)
German
3 entries- aufreizen verb (to sexually stimulate)
- erregen verb (to sexually stimulate)
- reizen verb (to sexually stimulate)
Greek
2 entries- διεγείρω verb (to sexually stimulate)
- ερεθίζω verb (to sexually stimulate)
Hungarian
2 entries- felizgat verb (to sexually stimulate)
- izgalomba hoz verb (to sexually stimulate)
Italian
2 entries- arrapare verb (to sexually stimulate)
- eccitare verb (to sexually stimulate)
Japanese
1 entries- 興奮する verb (to sexually stimulate)
Korean
1 entries- 자극하다 verb (to sexually stimulate)
Māori
2 entries- pīkoikoi verb (to sexually stimulate)
- tore verb (to sexually stimulate)
Norwegian
1 entries- tenne verb (to sexually stimulate)
Polish
4 entries- pobudzać verb (to sexually stimulate)
- pobudzić verb (to sexually stimulate)
- podniecać verb (to sexually stimulate)
- podniecić verb (to sexually stimulate)
Portuguese
3 entries- arreitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- excitar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- provocar verb (to sexually stimulate)
Russian
2 entries- возбуди́ть verb (to sexually stimulate)
- возбужда́ть verb (to sexually stimulate)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- uzbuditi verb (to sexually stimulate)
- узбудити verb (to sexually stimulate)
Spanish
2 entries- encalabrinar verb (to sexually stimulate)
- excitar 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)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.