arouses
a-rous-es
verb
To awaken or stimulate a particular feeling or emotion.
"The story arouses great curiosity."
verb
To stimulate someone sexually or cause sexual excitement.
"The film's content arouses some viewers."
verb
To awaken someone from sleep or a state of inactivity.
"The alarm clock arouses him daily."
Thesaurus
Synonyms: put forward, bring up, call forth, invoke, conjure up, arouse, raise, evoke, stir, conjure, call down, brace
Antonyms: calm, cause to sleep, de-energise, de-energize, dope off, doze off, drift off, drop off, drowse off, fall asleep, flake out, nod off