If something arouses a particular feeling or instinct that exists in someone, it causes them to experience that feeling or instinct strongly. There is nothing like a long walk to arouse the appetite
If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude. We left in the daytime so as not to arouse suspicion
If you are aroused by something, it makes you feel sexually excited. Some men are aroused when their partner says erotic words to them. + aroused aroused Some men feel that they get most sexually aroused in the morning. + arousing arous·ing Being stroked by a partner is usually more arousing than stroking yourself
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "stir a disturbance"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"
To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" stimulate sexually; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir