arousal

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a·rouse

(ə-rouz′)

tr.v. a·roused, a·rous·ing, a·rous·es

a. To cause (someone) to be active, attentive, or excited: The report aroused them to take action. The insult aroused him to anger.

b. To stimulate sexual desire in.

2. To give rise to (a feeling, for example); stir up: The odd sight aroused our curiosity. See Synonyms at provoke.

3. To awaken (someone) from sleep.

[From rouse, on the model of such pairs as rise, arise.]

a·rous′al n.

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Noun	1.	arousal - the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" rousing change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics awakening, wakening, waking up - the act of waking; "it was an early awakening"; "it was the waking up he hated most" excitation, excitement - something that agitates and arouses; "he looked forward to the excitements of the day" incitement, incitation - an act of urging on or spurring on or rousing to action or instigating; "the incitement of mutiny" inflaming, inflammation - arousal to violent emotion stirring, inspiration - arousing to a particular emotion or action stimulation - the act of arousing an organism to action titillation - an agreeable arousal
	2.	arousal - a state of heightened physiological activity physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions alerting, alertness - a state of readiness to respond; "alerting was indicated by the desynchronization of the EEG" emotional arousal - the arousal of strong emotions and emotional behavior innervation, excitation, irritation - the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland sexual arousal - the arousal of sexual desires in preparation for sexual behavior desire - something that is desired
	3.	arousal - awakening from sleep wakefulness - a periodic state during which you are conscious and aware of the world; "consciousness during wakefulness in a sane person is pretty well ordered and familiar"
	4.	arousal - mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse foreplay, stimulation sex activity, sexual activity, sexual practice - activities associated with sexual intercourse; "they had sex in the back seat" caressing, cuddling, fondling, hugging, kissing, petting, smooching, snuggling, necking - affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) feel - manual stimulation of the genital area for sexual pleasure; "the girls hated it when he tried to sneak a feel"

arousal

noun stimulation, movement, response, reaction, excitement, animation, stirring up, provocation, inflammation, agitation, exhilaration, incitement, enlivenment Thinking angry thoughts can provoke strong physiological arousal.

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Translations

eccitazione

arousal

[əˈraʊzəl] N (sexual) → excitación f (sexual)

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

arousal

[əˈraʊz^əl] n

(sexual) → excitation f (sexuelle)

(mental) → éveil m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

arousal

n (sexual) → Erregung f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

arousal

[əˈraʊz/əl] n (sexual) → eccitazione f; (awakening) → risveglio

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

arousal

n (from sleep) (el) despertar; (sexual) excitación f

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This belated arousal of the hunting instinct seemed to make almost another man of him.

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Further, an experiment was conducted to test whether this is an emotional output and not just a startle/orienting reflex by using nine categories of picture stimuli from the International Affective Picture System (IAPS) that vary according to valence and arousal dimensions.

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