arouse vs beshrew

arouse and beshrew both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arouse	No	No	Yes	No
beshrew	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, beshrew is a hyponym of arouse; that is, beshrew is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than arouse:

Other hyponyms of arouse include anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict, bless.

arouse (verb)	beshrew (verb)
cause to be alert and energetic	wish harm upon; invoke evil upon
cause to become awake or conscious
stop sleeping
summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
to evoke sexual feelings
to begin moving