| verb | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) “arouse pity” |
| verb | stop sleeping “She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock” |
| verb | summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic “raise the specter of unemployment” |
| verb | cause to be alert and energetic “Coffee and tea stimulate me” |
| verb | cause to become awake or conscious “He was roused by the drunken men in the street” |
| verb | to begin moving, “As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir” |
| verb | stimulate sexually “This movie usually arouses the male audience” |
| adjective | aroused to action “the aroused opposition” |
| adjective | emotionally aroused |
| adjective | brought to a state of great tension “all wound up for a fight” |
| adjective | feeling great sexual desire “feeling horny” |
| adjective | keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement; - Bram Stoker “his face all ablaze with excitement” |
| adjective | (of persons) excessively affected by emotion “he would become emotional over nothing at all” |
| arousal | noun | the act of arousing |
| elicitation | noun | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors |
| evocative | adjective | serving to bring to mind; - Wilder Hobson |
| evocation | noun | stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors |
| provocative | adjective | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate; stimulating discussion or exciting controversy; ; ; - Anthony Trollope |
| provocation | noun | something that incites or provokes; a means of arousing or stirring to action |
| awakening | noun | the act of waking |
| waker | noun | a person who awakes |
| wakening | noun | the act of waking |
| conjurer | noun | someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience |
| conjuration | noun | a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect |
| conjuror | noun | someone who performs magic tricks to amuse an audience |
| conjury | noun | calling up a spirit or devil |
| conjuring | noun | calling up a spirit or devil |
| invocation | noun | an incantation used in conjuring or summoning a devil |
| stimulative | adjective | capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
| stimulant | noun | a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process |
| bracer | noun | a tonic or restorative (especially a drink of liquor) |
| energizer | noun | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people |
| energy | noun | enterprising or ambitious drive |
| energizing | noun | the activity of causing to have energy and be active |
| energiser | noun | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people |
| rouser | noun | someone who rouses others from sleep |
| arouser | noun | someone who rouses others from sleep |
| sex | noun | all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses |
| turn-on | noun | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
| horniness | noun | a state of sexual arousal |
| emotionality | noun | emotional nature or quality |