Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rouse
Participle: roused
Gerund: rousing
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | rouse |
| you | rouse |
| he;she;it | rouses |
| we | rouse |
| you | rouse |
| they | rouse |
Perfect
| I | have roused |
| you | have roused |
| he;she;it | has roused |
| we | have roused |
| you | have roused |
| they | have roused |
Past
| I | roused |
| you | roused |
| he;she;it | roused |
| we | roused |
| you | roused |
| they | roused |
Pluperfect
| I | had roused |
| you | had roused |
| he;she;it | had roused |
| we | had roused |
| you | had roused |
| they | had roused |
Future
| I | will rouse |
| you | will rouse |
| he;she;it | will rouse |
| we | will rouse |
| you | will rouse |
| they | will rouse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have roused |
| you | will have roused |
| he;she;it | will have roused |
| we | will have roused |
| you | will have roused |
| they | will have roused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rouse |
| you | rouse |
| he;she;it | rouse |
| we | rouse |
| you | rouse |
| they | rouse |
Perfect
| I | have roused |
| you | have roused |
| he;she;it | have roused |
| we | have roused |
| you | have roused |
| they | have roused |
Imperfect
| I | roused |
| you | roused |
| he;she;it | roused |
| we | roused |
| you | roused |
| they | roused |
Pluperfect
| I | had roused |
| you | had roused |
| he;she;it | had roused |
| we | had roused |
| you | had roused |
| they | had roused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rouse |
| you | would rouse |
| he;she;it | would rouse |
| we | would rouse |
| you | would rouse |
| they | would rouse |
Perfect
| I | would have roused |
| you | would have roused |
| he;she;it | would have roused |
| we | would have roused |
| you | would have roused |
| they | would have roused |
Imperative
| you | rouse |
| we | Let's rouse |
| you | rouse |
Verbs conjugated like 'rouse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rouse'
arouse,
bouse,
douse,
grouse,
house,
louse,
mouse,
ouse,
reuse,
roose,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to become conscious after having slept
- abraid, arise, arouse, awake, awaken, stir, wake, wake up, waken
- to suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure
- animate, awaken, call up, electrify, encourage, enflame, enkindle, enliven, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, foment, galvanise, gin up, inflame, inspirit, intoxicate, invigorate, kindle, liven, liven up, pique, provoke, quicken, sharpen, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir up, stoke, suscitate, thrill, vitalize, wake, warm the blood, whet, work up
- to cause somebody to stop sleeping
- arouse, awake, awaken, bring round, cry, knock up, roust, uprouse, wake, wake up, waken
- to encourage or persuade into action; to bring about a reaction
- abet, actuate, bring about, encourage, engender, evoke, excite, foment, goad, grill, impel, incite, induce, instigate, invoke, motivate, move, prompt, provoke, set off, spur, stir, stir up, urge, whip up
- stimulate
- animate, awaken, excite, provoke, stir, fire, inflame, kindle
- incite
- provoke, anger, ire
Antonyms
- stimulate
- deaden, tranquilize, unnerve, discourage
- incite
- discourage, dissuade, check, prevent
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1460, probably from Anglo-Fr., or O.Fr., originally used of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, but like many hawking terms of obscure origin. Meaning "to stir up, provoke to activity" is from 1586; that of "awaken" is first recorded 1590.
2. From Middle English rousen, from Anglo-Norman reuser, ruser, originally used in English of hawks shaking the feathers of the body, from Latin recūsō, by loss of the medial 'c.' Doublet of recuse.
3. Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s. See: Middle English '
rousen', Anglo-Norman '
reuser', Latin '
recūsō'.
Sample Sentences
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It is the third morning. I am awakened out of my sleep by a dismal shriek from my wife, who demands to know whether there 's any danger. I rouse myself, and look out of bed. The water-jug is plunging and leaping like a lively dolphin; all the smaller articles are afloat, except my shoes, which are stranded on a carpet-bag, high and dry, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the flesh; because its wounds are not upon the surface, and it extorts few cries that human ears can hear; therefore I the more denounce it, as a secret punishment which slumbering humanity is not roused up to stay. I hesitated once, debating with myself, whether, if I had the power of saying ‘Yes ’ or ‘No, ’ I would allow it to be tried in certain cases, where the terms of imprisonment were short; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] confinement is a hideous vision; and his old life a reality. He throws himself upon his bed, and lies there abandoned to despair. By degrees the insupportable solitude and barrenness of the place rouses him from this stupor, and when the trap in his grated door is opened, he humbly begs and prays for work. ‘Give me some work to do, or I shall go raving mad ! ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Miss Ophelia had just the capability of indignation that belongs to the thorough-paced housekeeper, and this had been pretty actively roused by the artifice and wastefulness of the child; in fact, many of my lady readers must own that they should have felt just so in her circumstances; but Marie's words went beyond her, and she felt less [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] Marie declared that the state of her mind was such, it was impossible for her to rest; and, of course, it was against her principles to let any one else rest. Twenty times in a night, Mammy would be roused to rub her feet, to bathe her head, to find her pocket-handkerchief, to see what the noise was in Eva's room, to let down a curtain because it was too light, or to put it up because it was too dark; [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Tom, at last, would not sleep in his room, but lay all night in the outer verandah, ready to rouse at every call.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ About the turn of the night, ” was the reply. Marie, roused by the entrance of the doctor, appeared, hurriedly, from the next room.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The chapter was the eleventh of John,—the touching account of the raising of Lazarus, St. Clare read it aloud, often pausing to wrestle down feelings which were roused by the pathos of the story. Tom knelt before him, with clasped hands, and with an absorbed expression of love, trust, adoration, on his quiet face.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Bits of board, straw, old decayed barrels and boxes, garnished the ground in all directions; and three or four ferocious-looking dogs, roused by the sound of the wagon-wheels, came tearing out, and were with difficulty restrained from laying hold of Tom and his companions, by the effort of the ragged servants who came after them.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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The outrageous treatment of poor Tom had roused her still more; and she had followed Legree to the house, with no particular intention, but to upbraid him for his brutality.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)