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View synonyms for rousing

rousing

[ rou-zing ]

adjective

  1. exciting; stirring:

    a rousing song.

  2. active or vigorous:

    a rousing campaign.

  3. brisk; lively:

    a rousing business.

  4. exceptional; extraordinary:

    a rousing lie.



rousing

/ ˈraʊzɪŋ /

adjective

  1. tending to rouse or excite; lively, brisk, or vigorous

    a rousing chorus

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˈrousingly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • rousing·ly adverb
  • non·rousing adjective
  • un·rousing adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of rousing1

First recorded in 1635–45; rouse 1 + -ing 2
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Example Sentences

It’s not new that some politicians raise more money than others, of course, nor is it new that fundraising correlates to rabble-rousing.

With stellar performances, stunning cinematography, impressive period detail and rousing musical performances, there’s a lot here to like.

At the time, WallStreetBets hadn’t yet made its name as a kind of collective investment vehicle, rousing members to pour money into stocks they considered undervalued.

From Quartz

My book couldn’t conclude with a rousing sense of wrongs righted and justice served.

Netflix started its fall season a few weeks ago with Charlie Kaufman’s I’m Thinking of Ending Things — stellar, but not exactly rousing — and the Southern gothic drama The Devil All the Time, which was kind of a dud.

From Vox

He delivered rousing speeches time and again, to memorable effect.

Because it is not the rousing King we expect, we are disappointed.

Online he was a guild leader, delivering rousing speeches to fellow gamers.

But you must have gotten a sense of the rousing response Max was met with in the gay community.

After “Who Gon Stop Me,” the two join each other onstage for a rousing rendition of “Otis,” the Otis Redding-sampling rap ballad.

And that, perhaps, they will by and by succeed in rousing the "stubborn enthusiasm of the people" against themselves?

It may be, as Barbour says, that Bruce used the occasion to deliver to his men another rousing address.

Sir Matthew Fleet's visit seemed like a turning-point with the May family, rousing and giving them revived hopes.

The man believes every word he says, and his power of rousing strong emotion has seldom been equalled.

A charming poem on perfumes classifies them, rousing ideas, sensations, and memories.

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