roust
Shake someone awake
To roust is to drive out or stir up, often roughly or abruptly.
Police roust homeless people from encampments.
A drill sergeant rousts recruits from their bunks.
The word suggests being forced into motion against one's will: They rousted us out of bed at dawn.
It carries a tone of harassment or unwelcome disturbance.
awaken
Rouse from slumber
shake · jostle · prod · nudge · jolt · startle · get up · rise · roll out · drag out
expel
Remove forcibly from membership
displace · remove · drive out · flush out · force out · kick out · turn out · boot out · clear out · dispossess
bust
Failure or sculpture
apprehend · arrest · seize · collar · nab · pinch · hassle · harass · shake down · crackdown
roustnudge
Gentle push to prompt
let lie · coddle · lull · soothe · tiptoe around
roustwelcome
Hospitable greeting offered
harbor · shelter · leave alone · accommodate · take in
roustsoothe
Gently ease discomfort
lull · calm · pacify · settle down · put to bed
- escape routePlanned exit path
- en routeCurrently in transit
- route numberHighway's assigned designation
- paper routeNewspaper distribution circuit
- scenic routeRoad selected for beauty
- bus routePublic transit trajectory
route, rouse, arouse, rout, routed, aroused, arousing, routing, arouses