aroused

Other forms of aroused

comparative

arousedder·

superlative

arouseddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about aroused

What does aroused mean?

aroused means "aroused to action". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in aroused?

aroused has 2 syllables: arou-sed. The stress falls on "sed". In IPA it is /ɚˈaʊzd/.

What is another word for aroused?

Close synonyms include stimulated, stirred, stirred up, wound up, horny. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is aroused a common word?

aroused is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.