0 present participle of arouse
1 to cause someone to have a particular feeling:
Something he said as he was leaving really aroused my curiosity.
Football arouses a good deal of passion among its supporters.
The sight of people suffering arouses a deep sense of injustice in her.
His strange behaviour aroused his neighbours' suspicions.
The programme aroused strong feelings, as you can see by the number of letters received.
They must do this actively if not preemptively because, according to agency theory, they are trying to avoid arousing oversight mechanisms.
The anxiety arousing effect of taboo words in bilinguals.
The intense stimulation and threat attendant to partner violence is highly arousing and even terrifying for the child witness.
