Rousing

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rousing \Rous"ing\, a.
     1. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.
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              I begin to feel
              Some rousing motions in me.           --Milton.


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     2. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a
        rousing lie. [Colloq.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Rouse \Rouse\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roused} (rouzd); p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Rousing}.] [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to
     rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hre['o]san to fall, rush. Cf. {Rush},
     v.]
     1. To cause to start from a covert or lurking place; as, to
        rouse a deer or other animal of the chase.
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              Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes.
                                                    --Spenser.
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              Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or
        suddenly.
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     3. To excite to lively thought or action from a state of
        idleness, languor, stupidity, or indifference; as, to
        rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions.
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              To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in
              Christendom.                          --Atterbury.
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     4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate.
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              Blustering winds, which all night long
              Had roused the sea.                   --Milton.
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     5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] --Spenser. Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  rousing
       adj 1: capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; "a rousing
              sermon"; "stirring events such as wars and rescues"
              [syn: {stirring}]
       2: rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or
          goading; "tossed a rousing political comment into the
          conversation"
       n : the act of arousing; "the purpose of art is the arousal of
           emotions" [syn: {arousal}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "rousing":
     activating, alert, alluring, animate, animated, animating,
     animative, arousal, awakening, awful, bracing, bright, brisk,
     challenging, cheering, cordial, crisp, crispy, dashing, deadly,
     dreadful, electrifying, encouraging, energetic, energizing,
     enlivening, enthusiastic, exciting, exhilarating, exhilarative,
     fearful, fervent, fresh, frightful, galvanic, galvanizing, gay,
     horrible, howling, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating,
     invigorating, invigorative, inviting, keen, lively, peppy, piquant,
     prompting, provocative, provoking, quickening, refreshful,
     refreshing, regaling, reveille, rude awakening, spirited,
     sprightly, stimulant, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, terrible,
     terrific, thumping, tonic, viable, vigorous, vitalizing, whacking,
     zestful, zesty