Crossword clues for rousing
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rousing \Rous"ing\, a.
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Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.
I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me.
--Milton. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie. [Colloq.]
Rouse \Rouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roused (rouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rousing.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hre['o]san to fall, rush. Cf. Rush, v.]
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To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes.
--Spenser.Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound.
--Pope. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
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To excite to lively thought or action from a state of idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom.
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To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea.
--Milton. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.]
--Spenser. Shak.
Wiktionary
That rouses or excites. n. The act by which somebody or something is roused. v
(present participle of rouse English)
WordNet
adj. capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues" [syn: stirring]
rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading; "tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation"
n. the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions" [syn: arousal]
Usage examples of "rousing".
On the morning Washington departed Philadelphia to assume command at Boston, he and others of the Massachusetts delegation had traveled a short way with the general and his entourage, to a rousing accompaniment of fifes and drums, Adams feeling extremely sorry for himself for having to stay behind to tend what had become the unglamorous labors of Congress.
The best speaker of the three was Sallust, who followed the rousing speeches of Bursa and Pompeius Rufus with an even better one.
It is clear that the conveners resolved to press on with their task of world reorganization as far as they possibly could, without rousing the enfeebled and moribund political organizations of the past to obstruction and interference.
Toom Drommel gave a rousing speech in the PlasHein, rebuking the Ploughers for persisting in their foolish plan, with all the harm it would do to the workers of Canol Madreth, and rebuking the Castellans for their hesitancy in implementing their plan when his party had agreed to support it.
Kimi, filled her water bowl, and, as she drank, delivered a rousing preshow pep talk.
He took them away from the hateful memories of Engadine, and Bingo, secure on the shoulders of Stonks, sang a rousing Borrible song to himself, a song that told of the dangers past and the dangers to come.
His mouth swooped down upon hers, twisting, bruising, rousing, his tongue thrusting through like a brand, searing her, possessing her.
Ahab sniffing along behind him, the Professor puffed across to the port bow and, to the echo of a rousing cheer, untied the final mooring line and threw it back up onto the dock.
Kenneth for he drove right past the place wanst be himsilf and the second time wid your humble servant, and the third time wid those black-gyards of policemen, who said it was most like he had made way wid his cousin, who stud in his way, and had been after rousing bad blood in the morning, but nobody will believe that same excepting the mistress--who is a wake woman, a mighty wake woman.
On the morning Washington departed Philadelphia to assume command at Boston, he and others of the Massachusetts delegation had traveled a short way with the general and his entourage, to a rousing accompaniment of fifes and drums, Adams feeling extremely sorry for himself for having to stay behind to tend what had become the unglamorous labors of Congress.
Christmas morning dawned clear and bright, and Adams succeeded in rousing his philosophy to a considerable degree.
Rousing further, she remembered Betta in the next room and faced the impossibility of her great-granddaughter giving birth without calling her.
Three Musketeers of Space, John Star, Jay Kalaam and Hal Samdu, accompanied by a rocket-age, lock-picking Falstaffian replica, set out to a rousing series of adventures to discover the secret of AKKA, the ultimate weapon.
Within thirty seconds they had started work on their usual nocturnal symphony, a rousing fanfare of farting and snoring, moaning and wanking.
As the two walked together Heidi had much to tell Peter of her two goats that had been so unhappy the first day in their new stall that they would not eat anything, but stood hanging their heads, not even rousing themselves to bleat.