| VERB | motion | rouse, bestir | become active |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | rouse, rout out, drive out, force out | force or drive out | |
| emotion | rouse, agitate, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | |
| body | rouse, awaken, wake, waken, wake up, arouse | cause to become awake or conscious |
| Sounds | raw's; raw'z | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | alehouse ... whorehouse: 54 rhymes with aws... | |
| arouse ... Taos: 8 rhymes with awz... | ||
| Meaning | Become active. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonym | bestir | |
| Broader | be active, move | Be in a state of action |
| Spanish | despertarse | |
| Meaning | Force or drive out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | rout out, drive out, force out | |
| Narrower | hunt | chase away, with as with force |
| smoke out | drive out with smoke | |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Similar to | chase away, drive out, turn back, drive away, dispel, drive off, run off | Force to go away |
| Spanish | empujar, hacer salir | |
| Meaning | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will rouse him; The good news will rouse her | |
| Synonyms | agitate, turn on, charge, commove, excite, charge up | |
| Narrower | bother | make nervous or agitated |
| electrify | excite suddenly and intensely | |
| hype up, psych up | Get excited or stimulated | |
| pother | make upset or troubled | |
| Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
| Opposite | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| Spanish | agitar, emocionar, excitar, revolver | |
| Catalan | emocionar, excitar, regirar | |
| Nouns | rousing | the act of arousing |
| Meaning | Cause to become awake or conscious. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He was roused by the drunken men in the street" | |
| Synonyms | awaken, wake, waken, wake up, arouse | |
| Narrower | bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | Return to consciousness |
| call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call | |
| reawaken | awaken once again | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Opposite | cause to sleep | make fall asleep |
| Spanish | despertarse, despertar | |
| Catalan | despertar-se, despertar | |
| Nouns | rouser | someone who rouses others from sleep / sleep |
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