as in awakened
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as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping
the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep
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as in awoke
to cease to be asleep
I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late
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Recent Examples of roused
Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
Within minutes, the federal agents had roused Thi Dua Vang from bed.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Shapiro and his wife, Lori, roused the rest of the household.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Just as legendary as his triumphs have been his fist pumps, his reactions to good and bad shots, and his celebrations that roused the crowds.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Zelda’s barking roused Brunkow’s husband, Ross Colquhoun.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
It was later turned into a film which roused several of the women to write their own memoirs of the orchestra.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
What roused them from complacency to defiance?
—Joshua Hammer, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
Within minutes, the federal agents had roused Thi Dua Vang from bed.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Shapiro and his wife, Lori, roused the rest of the household.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Just as legendary as his triumphs have been his fist pumps, his reactions to good and bad shots, and his celebrations that roused the crowds.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Zelda’s barking roused Brunkow’s husband, Ross Colquhoun.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
It was later turned into a film which roused several of the women to write their own memoirs of the orchestra.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
Well, for one, the go-to induction method is being roused from your bed in the middle of the night, hog-tied, and tossed in a van.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Patients can be briefly roused—for example, to ask them to roll over or change a dressing—before falling unconscious again.
—Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roused
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Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Traveler Tim Glasgow said his wife woke him up extra early this morning to beat the lines.—
Brandon Goldner,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Instead of simply challenging the more foolish of those woke policies, our federal and state governments seem hell bent on obliterating any activity that even hints of DEI.—
Maurice O'Sullivan,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Mar. 2026
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Iranians awoke Sunday for the first time in decades without Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as their supreme leader after he was killed in US-Israeli strikes, a profound shift in the nation’s history.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
1 Mar. 2026
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Americans awoke Saturday morning to the news that the United States and Israel had launched a series of strikes against Iran.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
28 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Tips to Break the Bedtime Screen Habit Dr. Verma, who was not involved in the research, offers the following tips to prevent wakeful effects from smartphones and get better sleep: Avoid screens 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime.—
Emily Kay Votruba,
EverydayHealth.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Lauren Goode: Who among us doesn't want to have a nap gently guided by our wakeful rhythm?—
Lauren Goode,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
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“Roused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roused. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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