rouse
Shake from slumber
Rouse means to wake or stir into action.
You rouse someone from sleep, or rouse yourself to get moving.
A speaker rouses a crowd to enthusiasm; a threat rouses suspicion.
The word suggests bringing something from dormancy to activity: The smell of coffee roused him from bed.
To be roused to anger is to have it awakened.
Rousing as an adjective means stirring or energizing: a rousing speech, a rousing chorus.
Gathering for a cause
- mobilizeOrganize for action
- galvanizeStimulate into action
- stirMix by circling
- inflameIntensify emotion or irritation
agitate · provoke · instigate · spur · incite · foment · rebellion · uprising
Stir to action
- encourageUrge forward with support
- stimulateProvoke into activity
- energizeSupply with vitality
- invigorateTo fill with energy
animate · prompt · move · impel · drive · compel · urge · persuade
wake
Path left in water
morning · alarm · sleeper · slumber · drowsy · consciousness · sunrise · bed · snooze · nap
rally
Gathering for a cause
inflame · agitate · provoke · instigate · spur · incite · foment · rebellion · uprising · masses
inspire
Stir to action
invigorate · animate · prompt · move · impel · drive · compel · urge · persuade · influence
alarm
Urgent warning signal
scare · spook · shock · surprise · jolt · jump · fright · sudden · abrupt · noise
provoke
Incite a response
enrage · infuriate · antagonize · aggravate · vex · nettle · rile · ire · temper · fury
rousesuppress
Forcibly put an end to
discourage · dampen · quell · demotivate · lull
- rabble rousersThose who inflame public sentiment
- rabble rousingInciting group unrest
- rousing melodyTune that inspires excitement
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