rouse
verb /raʊz/
/raʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rouse | /raʊz/ /raʊz/ |
| he / she / it rouses | /ˈraʊzɪz/ /ˈraʊzɪz/ |
| past simple roused | /raʊzd/ /raʊzd/ |
| past participle roused | /raʊzd/ /raʊzd/ |
| -ing form rousing | /ˈraʊzɪŋ/ /ˈraʊzɪŋ/ |
- (formal) to wake somebody up, especially when they are sleeping deeply
- rouse somebody from sleep/bed The telephone roused me from my sleep at 6 a.m.
- He came to the door, evidently just roused from his bed.
- rouse somebody Nicky roused her with a gentle nudge.
Homophones rouse | rowsrouse rows/raʊz//raʊz/- rouse verb
- We were unable to rouse him from his sleep.
- rows noun (plural of row2)
- They keep having rows over who does more work around the house.
Extra Examples- I was roused from a deep sleep by a hand on my shoulder.
- We tried in vain to rouse him.
- to make somebody want to start doing something when they were not active or interested in doing it
- rouse somebody/yourself (to something) A lot of people were roused to action by the appeal.
- rouse somebody/yourself to do something Richard couldn't rouse himself to say anything in reply.
- rouse somebody from something We finally managed to rouse her from her lethargy.
- rouse something (formal) to make somebody feel a particular emotion
- to rouse somebody’s anger
- What roused your suspicions (= what made you suspicious)?
- She ran forward, roused to anger.
- [usually passive] to make somebody angry, excited or full of emotion
- be roused Chris is not easily roused.
- When roused, he has a cruel tongue.
see also arouse
Word Originlate Middle English (originally as a hawking and hunting term): probably from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.