1. causing strong feelings or emotions
2. causing someone to wake up

Examples

• The arousing music made everyone want to dance.
• His arousing speech motivated the crowd to take action.
• The documentary contained arousing footage of the protest.
• The loud noise was arousing enough to wake the entire household.
• She found the debate arousing and stayed up late thinking about it.
• The arousing scent of coffee filled the morning air.