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aroused

[uh-rouzd] / əˈraʊzd /


ADJECTIVE
agitated
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ADJECTIVE
alarmed
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ADJECTIVE
hot and bothered
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ADJECTIVE
inflamed
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Example Sentences

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It enables Alexander to be briefed and to update his handlers, though he can’t stay in there too long, lest suspicions be aroused on the other side of the hack.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

They did not look as gaunt as the hostages freed a week earlier - their appearance had aroused anger in Israel and elsewhere.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

Yet Hansen has since aroused controversy, such as when he argued in 2000 that non-carbon dioxide greenhouse gases like methane play a large role in climate change.

From Salon • Feb. 6, 2025

Davis’ extensive criminal record, and the leniency he had received over the decades, aroused outrage.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2024

This mixture of simplicity and cunning, of superstition and commercial reasoning, aroused Van Helsing, who said:—

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker