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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



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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

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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