Synonyms for roused
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : rouz |
| Phonetic Transcription : raÊŠz |
Top 10 synonyms for roused Other synonyms for the word roused
- aggravate
- anger
- animate
- ask for it
- bestir
- bug
- call
- challenge
- craze
- deepen
- enhance
- enliven
- exhilarate
- foment
- get going
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- instigate
- intensate
- intensify
- key up
- kindle
- magnify
- make waves
- mount
- move
- needle
- pep up
- pique
- provoke
- quicken
- raise
- rally
- redouble
- rile
- rise
- startle
- steam up
- stir
- trigger
- urge
- vivify
- wake
- wake up
- waken
- whet
- whip up
- work up
Définition of roused
Origin :- mid-15c., intransitive probably from Anglo-French or Old French reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, but like many hawking terms it is of obscure origin. Figurative meaning "to stir up, provoke to activity" is from 1580s; that of "awaken" is first recorded 1590s. Related: Roused; rousing.
- verb wake
- verb stimulate, excite
- She never heard the end of the story, but was roused by the laughter that followed it.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She started suddenly awake, seeming to have been roused by the opening of a door.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- She roused every fevered nerve to do battle with the strong man for his son.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- In the meantime he will go home, and not a suspicion will be roused.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- But, what roused him in violent resentment only appealed to Sidney's curiosity.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Max had roused at the sound of Le Moyne's voice, not to suspicion, of course, but to memory.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Luckily, at four came early-morning temperatures; that roused her.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- When the bells announced midnight, Sidney roused with a start.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Mortimer's gallant act had roused the Irishman's admiration.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- Halson roused himself from the reverie in which he was sitting with glazed eyes.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
Antonyms for roused
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