to roust

Examples

• All

• The next day, loud bells clanged, rousting everyone from bed in great excitement.

  Fiction book (1993)

• " I guess the only way we're gonna find out is to go up there and roust them."

  Fiction book (1994)

• Come on, roust them out of here.

  Trader Horn (1931)

• You can get below and roust the rest of the crew and scientists.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Roust them out of bed.

  Wag the Dog (1997)

• I am sorry to roust you people, especially out of rotation.

  Fiction book (1998)

• Well, I'm sorry to roust you out, Hud, but we got trouble at the ranch.

  Hud (1963)

• Well, I reckon we better begin rousting them out if we aim to get out by daylight.

  The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

• The night before, the police had rousted demonstrators who were camping in Lincoln Park.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Bright and early the next morning, we rousted the kids for Cave of the Winds.

Synonyms

S

to startle

vsto roust

131 3.7

To make someone react suddenly because they feel surprised or afraid

uses deliberate force to make someone get up or leave instead of surprise

R

to rouse

vsto roust

28 3.4

To wake someone up and make them alert after sleep

forces action suddenly and often using physical force

R

to rout out

vsto roust

1 7.1

To force someone or something out of a place by searching

forces movement or activity suddenly rather than only removing from a place

Antonyms

S

to settle

540 2.8

To become calm and still after movement or excitement

How Forceful

to roust

• Informal

11 8.4

to rouse

28 3.4

to nudge

33 3.8

Surface Forms

Etymology