Arouse
Turn on
Turn on verb - To cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings.
Usage example: unsurprisingly, the fanboys were turned on by the movie's amazing special effects and slam-bang plot
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
- In "Sexy Sadie", the lyric "she came along to turn on everyone" has a double (or possibly triple) meaning: The subject of the song came to "turn" everyone "on", meaning either to enlighten them or arouse them sexually, but also came to "turn on" everyone, as in betray them.
Source: Fridge / Music
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