Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“Arousing” is a form of

arouse

/əˈɹaʊz/ verb

Forms arouses arousing aroused

  1. verb (transitive) To stimulate or induce (feelings); pique. “to arouse compassion, jealousy, or anger”
  2. verb (transitive) To sexually stimulate.
  3. verb (transitive, euphemistic) To cause an erection of the penis or other physical signs of sexual arousal, such as fluid secretion. “I can't wear wool underwear: it tends to arouse me at inappropriate times.”
  4. verb (transitive) To wake from sleep or stupor; to rouse.

Synonyms

animate energize inspire fire awaken beghast leaven bright brighten cheer enliven enthuse exalt excite fire up ginger ginger up inflame invigorate inspirit elicit enkindle kindle evoke raise provoke wake up awake wake come alive

Etymology

From a- + rouse.

Webster’s 1913

  1. verb To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.

Etymology [Pref. a- + rouse.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “arouse”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “arouse” (best matches first).