aroused


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
arouse/əˈraʊz/
verb
  • 1 evoke (a feeling or response).

    ■ provoke to anger or other strong emotion.

    ■ excite sexually.

  • 2 awaken from sleep.
– derivatives
arousable adjective,
arousal noun.
– origin C16: from rouse, on the pattern of the pair of rise, arise.
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