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Webster 1913 Edition

Arousal

A-rous′al

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Noun.

The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.

Whatever has associated itself with the

arousal

and activity of our better nature.

Hare.

Definition 2024

arousal

arousal

English

Noun

arousal ‎(plural arousals)

The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.

bodily arousal

emotional arousal

to influence the arousal of brain and behavior
Sexual arousal.
Some people get sexual arousal from the depiction of feet.
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.
- 2003, Jinhee Choi, "Fits and Startles: Cognitivism Revisited," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, vol. 61, no. 2 (Spring), p. 152,
  Subjects report the physiological arousals induced by adrenaline and placebo differently.
Arousal from sleep or hibernation.

the mechanism for arousal from sleep

the animal undergoes regular spells of arousal

Synonyms

horniness

Translations

the act of arousing or the state of being aroused

Chinese:
Mandarin: 覺醒 (zh), 觉醒 (zh) ‎(juéxǐng, jiàoxǐng), 喚起 (zh), 唤起 (zh) ‎(huànqǐ)
Finnish: herääminen (fi), kiihottuminen
French: éveil (fr)

German: Erregung (de) f, Erregtsein n, Erregtheit f
Japanese: 覚醒 (ja) ‎(かくせい, kakusei), 喚起 ‎(かんき, kanki)
Portuguese: excitação (pt) f
Russian: пробужде́ние (ru) n ‎(probuždénije) (act of awakening), бо́дрствование (ru) n ‎(bódrstvovanije) (state of being awake)

sexual arousal

Chinese:
Mandarin: 激發 (zh), 激发 (zh) ‎(jīfā), 興奮 (zh), 兴奋 (zh) ‎(xīngfèn)
Finnish: kiihottuminen
French: excitation (fr)
German: Erregung (de) f

Japanese: 興奮 (ja) ‎(こうふん, kōfun)
Portuguese: excitação (pt) f
Russian: возбужде́ние (ru) n ‎(vozbuždénije)
Spanish: excitación (es) f
Tagalog: pagka-libog

arousal from sleep or hibernation

German: Aufweckung f, Aufwachen n, Erwachen (de) n, Wachwerden n

Portuguese: despertar (pt) m