"arousal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈɹaʊzəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-arousal.wav Forms: arousals [plural]
Rhymes: -aʊzəl Etymology: From arouse + -al. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|arouse|al}} arouse + -al Head templates: {{en-noun}} arousal (plural arousals)
  1. The act of arousing or the state of being aroused. Translations (the act of arousing or the state of being aroused): 覺醒 (Chinese Mandarin), 觉醒 (juéxǐng, jiàoxǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), 喚起 (Chinese Mandarin), 唤起 (huànqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), herääminen (Finnish), kiihottuminen (Finnish), éveil (French), Erregung [feminine] (German), Erregtsein [neuter] (German), Erregtheit [feminine] (German), arrapamento [masculine] (Italian), eccitazione [feminine] (Italian), foia [feminine] (Italian), 覚醒 (kakusei) (alt: かくせい) (Japanese), 喚起 (kanki) (alt: かんき) (Japanese), excitação [feminine] (Portuguese), пробужде́ние (probuždénije) (english: act of awakening) [neuter] (Russian), бо́дрствование (bódrstvovanije) [neuter] [state] (Russian), узбуђење [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), uzbuđenje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian)
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  2. Sexual arousal. Synonyms (sexual arousal): horniness Translations (sexual arousal): 激發 (Chinese Mandarin), 激发 (jīfā) (Chinese Mandarin), 興奮 (Chinese Mandarin), 兴奋 (xīngfèn) (Chinese Mandarin), kiihottuminen (Finnish), excitation (French), Erregung [feminine] (German), 興奮 (kōfun) (alt: こうふん) (Japanese), pobudzenie [neuter] (Polish), podniecenie [neuter] (Polish), excitação [feminine] (Portuguese), tesão [masculine] (Portuguese), tesão [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), возбужде́ние (vozbuždénije) [neuter] (Russian), excitación [feminine] (Spanish), pagka-libog (Tagalog), збудження (zbudžennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
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  3. A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond. Synonyms (state of being reactive to stimuli): alertness
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  4. Arousal from sleep or hibernation. Synonyms (arousal from sleep): wakefulness Translations (arousal from sleep or hibernation): Aufweckung [feminine] (German), Aufwachen [neuter] (German), Erwachen [neuter] (German), Wachwerden [neuter] (German), przebudzenie [neuter] (Polish), despertar [masculine] (Portuguese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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