rouse

Meaning

Noun

1. An arousal.
2. (British, Canada) The sounding of a bugle in the morning after reveille, to signal that soldiers are to rise from bed, often the rouse.

Verb

1. (transitive) To wake (someone) from sleep, or from apathy.
2. (intransitive) To be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.
3. To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).
4. To provoke (someone) to action or anger.
5. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.
6. To pull by main strength; to haul.
7. (obsolete) To raise; to make erect.
8. (slang) To tell off; to criticise.

Synonyms

arouse

stir up

awaken

excite

incite

stimulate

wake

stir

provoke

wake up

waken

agitate

awake

inspire

kindle

urge

encourage

invigorate

enliven

irritate

animate

instigate

bestir

tickle

cause

abet

shake up

toast

turn on

charge up

charge

spur

work up

reveille

raise

revive

shake

🫨

egg on

influence

drive out

impel

activate

aggravate

quicken

exasperate

force out

disturb

commove

give rise to

exite

Translations

despertar

svegliare

reizen

prikkelen

hérisser

excitar

ophitsen

stimuler

wecken

irriter

aanstoken

aufreizen

spronare

exciter

éveiller

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹaʊz/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rousen

In summary

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.
Figurative meaning “to stir up, provoke to activity” is from 1580s; that of “awaken” is first recorded 1590s.