to rouse
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5.1
- verb
- /raʊz/
- The acrid, autumnal scent of woodsmoke roused within her an odd but familiar feeling of sorrowful festivity.
- rabble-rousing
- roused the ire
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Watch on YouTubeHis 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
221
3.7
To make someone feel a strong emotion
212
4.8
To make someone feel strong emotions or remember something
196
3.5
Make someone want to do something
185
7.2
To make someone feel excited or interested
185
3.7
Make a person or thing more active, alert and responsive
134
3.7
Cause a reaction or feeling
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4.1
Make people feel excited and ready to act
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2.7
To make someone feel very happy, interested, or eager
86
3.7
To make someone feel more active and alert
65
4.4
To cause strong feelings in someone
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4.1
Make someone feel excited and full of energy
35
4.6
To encourage strong feelings or interest
31
4.7
To make someone want to do something
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4.1
Fill a place with strong feeling or energy
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4.1
To make people feel very excited and want to act
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5.7
To give new energy and interest to a person or thing
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4.8
To make people feel strongly excited or upset
10
5.5
To give more energy and make someone or something feel lively
8
6.7
Make an event like a party more lively and exciting
8
5.6
To make someone feel very excited about something
7
4.8
To make people feel excited and ready to act
6
4.9
To make someone or something more lively
4
5.5
To make someone feel excited about something
3
4.1
Make someone or something more lively and interesting
3
3.5
Make someone wake up or feel more energetic
3
5.0
Make someone feel very excited and interested in something
1
6.0
To make someone feel strong excitement or deep emotion
1
6.0
To make someone feel very excited, often suddenly
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9.2
To make someone feel a strong emotion
1
4.8
Make an audience feel excited and cheer
1
9.9
Make something more lively by adding music or bright pictures
Make people more interested and eager about something
To disturb people or things
Antonyms
How Excited
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75
7.7
34
5.8
23
5.1
99
2.7
221
3.7
189
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.