rousings
Acts of waking
Rousings are acts of stirring someone or something to action or wakefulness.
The word appears most often in contexts of awakening—literal or figurative: the early rousings of political consciousness, repeated rousings from sleep left him exhausted.
It suggests being shaken from inactivity or slumber into alertness or action.
Emerge from sleep
- alarmUrgent warning signal
- dawnDay's first glow
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- morningDay's early hours
stirring · arousal · reveille · awakening · consciousness · alertness · waking · daybreak
Arousing strong emotion
- movingEmotionally affecting
- inspiringEvoking enthusiasm or drive
- galvanizingSpurring into sudden action
- rallyingAssembling for unified action
electrifying · impassioning · fervor · passion · excitement · animation · exhilaration · invigoration
Provoking unlawful behavior
- provocationAct that triggers response
- instigationAct of provoking action
- fomentationStirring up trouble
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
rebellion · unrest · turmoil · commotion · disturbance · inflammatory · sedition · mutiny
wake-up
Emerge from sleep
morning · stirring · arousal · reveille · awakening · consciousness · alertness · waking · daybreak · arising
stirring
Arousing strong emotion
- movingEmotionally affecting
- inspiringEvoking enthusiasm or drive
- galvanizingSpurring into sudden action
rallying · electrifying · impassioning · fervor · passion · excitement · animation · exhilaration · invigoration · motivation
incitement
Provoking unlawful behavior
- provocationAct that triggers response
- instigationAct of provoking action
- fomentationStirring up trouble
uprising · rebellion · unrest · turmoil · commotion · disturbance · inflammatory · sedition · mutiny · revolt
rousingssedations
Drug-induced sleep states
tranquilizations · pacifications · suppressions · soporifics · appeasements
- rabble rousingInciting group unrest
- rousing melodyTune that inspires excitement