"aroused" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /əˈɹaʊzd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-aroused.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aroused.wav [US] Forms: more aroused [comparative], most aroused [superlative]
Rhymes: -aʊzd Head templates: {{en-adj}} aroused (comparative more aroused, superlative most aroused)
  1. Sexually excited; randy, lustful. Synonyms: randy Translations (sexually aroused — see also horny): مُسْتَثَارْ جِنْسِيًّا (mustaṯār jinsiyyan) (Arabic), похотлив (pohotliv) (Bulgarian), nadržený (Czech), geil (Dutch), (seksueel) opgewonden/ verhit (Dutch), heet (staand) (Dutch), kiihottunut (Finnish), excité (French), (sexuell) erregt (German), geil (German), kanos (Hungarian), begerjedt (Hungarian), felizgult (Hungarian), graður [masculine] (Icelandic), lostafullur [masculine] (Icelandic), lostafenginn [masculine] (Icelandic), excitado (Portuguese), com tesão (Portuguese), com fogo (Portuguese), cachondo (Spanish), caliente (Spanish), pilsk (Swedish), nangangandi (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-aroused-en-adj-6OS3RDBd Disambiguation of 'sexually aroused — see also horny': 60 40
  2. Stirred up, agitated. Synonyms: annoyed
    Sense id: en-aroused-en-adj-La2czuUq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 52 33

Verb

IPA: /əˈɹaʊzd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-aroused.wav [US], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-aroused.wav [US]
Rhymes: -aʊzd Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} aroused
  1. simple past and past participle of arouse Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: arouse
    Sense id: en-aroused-en-verb-szXglSDc

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