rousing

24 4.0

Causes strong excitement and makes people want to act

adjective
/ˈraʊzɪŋ/

: inspirador

Each student received a rousing ovation for each effort.
rousing speech
rousing songs

And he got up and did this rousing speech in like a Mufasa voice and he said we need not fear self government.

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Examples

The coach delivered a rousing speech that motivated the team to victory.
Promise Band and Choir commenced immediately to lead the crowd in a few rousing songs of praise.

Academic text (1997)
Welcome to this rousing edition of After Impact.
I am back for another rousing game of One Gotta Go.
Hey, do you want to have a rousing discussion about truth?

Thor: The Dark World (2013)
But I think it's safe to say, looking at all of you out here today, that the gamble was a rousing success.
Three goals in 46 seconds marked a rousing start to the game.

Blog text (31)
For some, the thrill of performing before a large audience and hearing the rousing applause is stimulating.

Academic text (2004)
Instead of seizing power himself, the elder Brutus led the people in a rousing oath to never again allow a king to rule.
We marched in formation, loudly singing all the songs of the summer, the rousing hymns and the mournful ballads.

Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

exciting

vsrousing

∞ 1.0

Making people feel very interested and eager

leads to action and deep feeling rather than just interest

inspiring

vsrousing

138 3.6

Makes people feel excited and want to try something new

emphasizes strong feeling that often moves people to act

thrilling

vsrousing

102 3.6

Making you feel very excited, like on a fast roller coaster

focuses on causing action or lasting enthusiasm rather than pure rush

exhilarating

vsrousing

50 4.6

Making you feel very happy and full of energy

is more about provoking strong emotion that leads to action

electrifying

vsrousing

16 4.5

Makes people feel a sudden, strong excitement

creates strong enthusiasm that is often less instant or shocking

rapturous

vsrousing

6 7.0

Feeling or showing great joy and excitement

aims more at motivating others toward action rather than pure joy

rhapsodic

vsrousing

2 8.1

Feeling or showing very strong excitement and joy

signals intense feeling but not always aimed at causing action

galvanizing

vsrousing

1 6.8

Causing people to become suddenly excited and ready to act

encourages strong emotion and action in a less sudden way

enlivening

vsrousing

1 4.8

Giving something more energy and excitement

carries stronger connotations of prompting intense emotion or action

stirring

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3.9

Making people feel strong, positive feelings

tends to push toward action or wide enthusiasm rather than gentle feeling

elating

vsrousing

4.3

Making someone feel very happy and excited

is centered on arousing strong enthusiasm and prompted activity

Antonyms

dull

182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

uninspiring

7 3.5

Not interesting or exciting

Compounds

rabble-rousing

Literature

2 8.6

Making ordinary people angry or excited about politics

How Stirring

electrifying

16 4.5

rousing

24 4.0

inspiring

138 3.6

moving

7 3.3

stirring

3 3.7

Surface Forms

rousing positive

Morphology

rousing = rouse (transparent) = rouse + ing

Standard adjectival formation from the verb 'rouse' with the suffix '-ing'; the meaning 'exciting' is directly predictable from 'rouse' + '-ing'.

Etymology

Rousing comes from the verb rouse, which originally meant 'to wake up' or 'to stir' someone and is the same root behind arouse. So a rousing speech 'wakes up' people's feelings and makes them excited or ready to act.