ROUSING Synonyms: 130 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈrau̇-ziŋ

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as in breathtaking

causing great emotional or mental stimulation a rousing rendition of our national anthem

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as in buzzing

marked by much life, movement, or activity during the heat wave stores were doing a rousing business in air conditioners

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verb

present participle of rouse

as in waking

to cause to stop sleeping the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep

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as in awaking

to cease to be asleep I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late

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But even the film’s most rousing takeaway is dimmed by a daunting awareness of scale, as the cargo ship slides back into port, and disempowered thousands — without the time, energy or money to fight another battle — trudge back to work. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024 Photograph: Jared Soares Ball’s words spark the most rousing reaction of the day. —

WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023 Four years after that first win, after more rousing victories that established him as one of golf’s biggest stars, Kim took a sudden leave from the game. —

Andrew Keh, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2023 The winds supplied polished and well-blended contributions and the brass were emphatic and rousing, without overpowering the others. —

Dallas News, 25 Mar. 2022 See all Example Sentences for rousing

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