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adjective

as in awakened

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verb

past tense of roust
as in woke
to force (someone or something) to move from a place The soldiers were rousted from their beds before sunrise.

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rousted
  1. awakened
  2. woke
  3. sleepless
  4. roused
  5. awake
  6. wakeful
Adjective
  • There’s a flash of light, and a wind blows over the stunned, awakened audience.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 3 Sep. 2026
  • 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
Definition of awakened
Verb
  • The best music; Cars still had a little style and nothing woke about sports.
    — Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2026
  • When Silvia Passiflora traveled to New Orleans, music coming from outside of her hotel room woke her up.
    — Jeanne Bonner, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of woke
Adjective
  • There were certainly plenty of long days and sleepless nights along the way, but seeing the finished space and what it has become made all of that hard work worthwhile.
    — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Nelson remembers hushing her foster children back to sleep that night and calling 911, anxious for an end to those sleepless nights.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of sleepless
Verb
  • Every third morning Soumia Bensalah was roused before the break of dawn.
    — Mario Ariza, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • But Brown gained a step on Mitchell on Thursday and hauled in a touchdown that roused the home crowd.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of roused
Adjective
  • After arriving in the morning, the players stayed awake until evening.
    — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Every single thing about the Bears defense not only keeps me awake at night, but drastically alters my opinion of this team.
    — Michael Beller, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of awake
Adjective
  • In a previous university blog post, Majumdar compared this finding to the brain flushing out byproducts that build up during active, wakeful moments, allowing for a more restful night’s sleep.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Low to medium doses show a reduction in the alpha frequency of brain waves (which correspond to relaxed and wakeful states), along with rising entropy, a signature finding of sober brains sinking deeper into a trip.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of wakeful
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“Rousted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rousted. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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