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Arouse vs Controversial - What's the difference?

arouse | controversial |

As a verb arouse

is to stimulate feelings.

As an adjective controversial is

arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.

arouse

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To stimulate feelings.
  • :
  • :
  • *
  • *:“?My tastes,” he said, still smiling, “?incline me to the garishly sunlit side of this planet.” And, to tease her and arouse her to combat?: “?I prefer a farandole to a nocturne?; I'd rather have a painting than an etching?; Mr. Whistler bores me with his monochromatic mud; I don't like dull colours, dull sounds, dull intellects;.”
  • *{{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , chapter=5, title= Lord Stranleigh Abroad , passage=She removed Stranleigh’s coat with a dexterity that aroused his imagination.}}
  • To sexually stimulate.
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  • To wake from sleep or stupor.
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  • See also

    * arousal * aroused

    Anagrams

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    controversial

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Arousing controversy—a debate or discussion of opposing opinions.
  • * (rfdate) Macaulay:
  • Whole libraries of controversial books.

    Usage notes

    * Nouns often used with "controversial": topic, subject, work, author, method, etc.

    Synonyms

    * contentious * contested

    Antonyms

    * uncontroversial * noncontroversial * incontrovertible

    Derived terms

    * controversialness

    See also

    * disputatious * polemical * disputable * controvertible * debatable