Arouse and Stir

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Arouse

Arouse verb - To cause to stop sleeping.

Usage example: the rooster's crow aroused me from my deep sleep

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Stir is a synonym for arouse in excite topic. In some cases you can use "Stir" instead a verb "Arouse", when it comes to topics like activity, action, encourage, awareness. popular alternative

Nearby Words: arousing, arousal

Stir

Stir verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.

Usage example: news coverage of the fire stirred many to send donations to a fund for the families who had lost their homes

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Arouse is a synonym for stir in encourage topic. You can use "Arouse" instead a verb "Stir", if it concerns topics such as awareness, excite, stimulate, awaken. popular alternative

Nearby Words: stirring, stirred

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Common collocations

people	arouse people	stir people
way	arouse way	stir way
outrage	arouse outrage	stir outrage
side	arouse side	stir side
Other words: feelings, loins, emotions.

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