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aroused

adjective as in agitated

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adjective as in alarmed

adjective as in awake

adjective as in flaming

adjective as in hot and bothered

adjective as in inflamed

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adjective as in stoked

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The novels of Dame Jilly Cooper, who has died at the age of 88, are joyous descriptions of a fantasy world where monied men cast smouldering glances and women are instantly aroused.

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However, the judge said he posed a "significant risk of reoffending" and that he became "visibly aroused" by asking the girl to kiss another child.

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The following day, he attempted to kiss the girl, placed his hand on her thigh and became "visibly aroused" when asking her to kiss her friend.

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However, the judge said the Kebatu became "visibly aroused" when he asked the girl to kiss another child in front of him on 8 July.

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He argued for a strategy of changing party identification by messaging around salient issues when voters’ emotions were aroused, essentially creating a liberal version of the Long Southern Strategy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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