arouse

Verb

• stimulate sexually
  • This movie usually arouses the male audience
    

• to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"

• cause to become awake or conscious
  • He was roused by the drunken men in the street
    
  • Please wake me at 6 AM.
    

• cause to be alert and energetic
  • Coffee and tea stimulate me
    
  • This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate
    

• summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • raise the specter of unemployment
    
  • he conjured wild birds in the air
    
  • call down the spirits from the mountain
    

• stop sleeping
  • She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock
    

• call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • arouse pity
    
  • raise a smile
    
  • evoke sympathy
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sex , excite , turn on , wind up , stir , awaken , wake , waken , rouse , wake up , stimulate , brace , energize , energise , perk up , awake , come alive , elicit , enkindle , kindle , evoke , fire , raise , provoke
• Antonyms: 
  cause to sleep , de-energize , de-energise , sedate , calm , tranquilize , tranquillize , tranquillise , fall asleep , dope off , flake out , drift off , nod off , drop off , doze off , drowse off