- stirred up to strong response: The Legislature must answer for its actions to an informed and highly aroused public.
- showing or feeling sexual excitement: "I must ask you that question more often, husband," she says, an aroused glow in her eyes.
- awake and alert: In this long arctic winter the new moon makes me lethargic, and conversely the full moon keeps me pleasantly aroused and energetic.
- the simple past tense and past participle of arouse.
