rousing
(adjective) rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading; “tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation”
rousing, stirring
(adjective) capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement; “a rousing sermon”; “stirring events such as wars and rescues”
arousal, rousing
(noun) the act of arousing; “the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
rousing (comparative more rousing, superlative most rousing)
That rouses or excites.
rousing
present participle of rouse
rousing (plural rousings)
The act by which somebody or something is roused.
• nigrous, rugosin, souring
Source: Wiktionary
Rous"ing, a.
1. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting. I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me. Milton.
2. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie. [Colloq.]
Rouse (rouz or rous), v. i. & t. Etym: [Perhaps the same word as rouse to start up, "buckle to."] (Naut.)
Definition: To pull or haul strongly and all together, as upon a rope, without the assistance of mechanical appliances.
Rouse (rouz), n. Etym: [Cf. D. roes drunkeness, icel. r, Sw. rus, G. rauchen, and also E. rouse, v.t., rush, v.i. Cf. Row a disturbance.]
1. A bumper in honor of a toast or health. [Obs.] Shak.
2. A carousal; a festival; a drinking frolic. Fill the cup, and fill the can, Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson.
Rouse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roused (rouzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Rousing.] Etym: [Probably of Scan. origin; cf. Sw. rusa to rush, Dan. ruse, AS. hreĂłsan 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. Like wild boars late roused out of the brakes. Spenser. Rouse the fleet hart, and cheer the opening hound. Pope.
2. To wake from sleep or repose; as, to rouse one early or suddenly.
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. To rouse up a people, the most phlegmatic of any in Christendom. Atterbury.
4. To put in motion; to stir up; to agitate. Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea. Milton.
5. To raise; to make erect. [Obs.] Spenser. Shak.
Rouse, v. i.
1. To get or start up; to rise. [Obs.] Night's black agents to their preys do rouse. Shak.
2. To awake from sleep or repose. Morpheus rouses from his bed. Pope.
3. To be exited to thought or action from a state of indolence or inattention.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
