to rouse
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5.1
- verb
- /raʊz/
:
provocar
- The acrid, autumnal scent of woodsmoke roused within her an odd but familiar feeling of sorrowful festivity.
- rabble-rousing
- roused the ire
His battle people cry to rouse the troops and he'd have a rolled up copy of Vogue or Harper's Bizarre and he'd say, come on boys, up an atom.
- His battle people cry to rouse the troops and he'd have a rolled up copy of Vogue or Harper's Bizarre and he'd say, come on boys, up an atom.
Examples
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The speaker aimed to rouse the audience's enthusiasm with her passionate speech.
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Goes on like this, he'll rouse up the whole county.
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First, we must rouse our old friends to an heroic resistance.
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She tried to rouse you, to convince you to break free, but she could not.
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- You've got to rouse the people's anger.
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There was a powerful urgency in him that roused me to respond despite his awkwardness.
Fiction book (1991) -
The culmination of these celebrations took place in rousing pro-labor speeches given by Wilkeson miners.
Academic text (1996) -
His weariness vanished with the resilience of youth and the excitement roused by the prospect of seeing Shazad privately.
Fiction book (1990) -
His bold actions were enough to rouse the community to take action against the injustice.
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The campaign was designed to rouse public interest in environmental issues.
Synonyms
437
3.5
Make someone want to do something
331
2.7
To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager
279
4.8
To make someone feel strong emotions or remember something
236
3.7
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
152
7.2
To make someone feel excited or interested
131
3.7
To make someone feel a strong emotion
115
3.7
Cause a reaction or feeling
70
4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
65
3.7
To make someone feel more active and alert
54
4.1
Fill a place with strong feeling or energy
47
4.4
To cause strong feelings in someone
45
4.6
To encourage strong feelings or interest
45
4.7
To make someone want to do something
42
4.8
To make people feel strongly excited or upset
28
4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
26
5.5
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
19
5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
14
4.1
To make people feel very excited and want to act
9
3.5
Make someone wake up or feel more energetic
7
5.5
To make someone feel excited about something
4
4.9
To make someone or something more lively
4
4.8
To make people feel excited and ready to act
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
3
5.6
To make someone feel very excited about something
1
5.0
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
1
9.2
To make someone feel a strong emotion
1
6.0
To make someone feel very excited, often suddenly
To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
Make an audience feel excited and cheer
Make people more interested and eager about something
Make something more lively by adding music or bright pictures
To disturb people or things
Antonyms
How Excited
- NSFW
72
7.7
31
5.8
16
5.1
331
2.7
131
3.7
206
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rouse is also linked to arouse and older words meaning 'stir up' or 'wake'. Picture stirring a quiet crowd like you stir a pot to make it move, and you can see why rouse can mean to excite or strongly motivate people.