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• n  the act of arousing
• v  become active
• v  force or drive out
• v  cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
• v  cause to become awake or conscious
• s  capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
  a rousing sermon
• s  rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading
  tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation

• James Thomson's famously rousing 1740 song Rule Britannia, with its chorus about how Britons "never shall be slaves," was a direct allusion to the Barbary terrorism.
• The option they chose, popular uprising, while rousing and probably justified, could portend a troubling future for democracy.
• Both Bush and Kerry scored points in a smart, rousing debate.

• arousal
• bestir
• rouse
• rout out
• drive out
• force out
• agitate
• turn on
• charge
• commove
• excite
• charge up
• awaken
• wake
• waken
• wake up
• arouse
• stirring

• calm
• cause_to_sleep

News & Articles

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• Fans give B's rousing sendoff to Chicago
  BOSTON (AP) -- The Bruins got a rousing sendoff from Boston fans before boarding a plane for Chicago to meet the Blackhawks in the Stanley Cup finals.
  June 12, 2013 - Lowell Sun
• Angels beat Orioles 9-5 to end 4-game skid
  BALTIMORE (AP) -- One rousing comeback victory won't completely turn around a frustrating season for the Los Angeles Angels.
  June 12, 2013 - The Associated Press via Yahoo! Sports
• Marty Lamm: Eastern Fremont County Historical Club off to a rousing start
  The Eastern Fremont County Historical Club had its first class of the season, and we are off to a rousing start. The EFCHC is a program based out of the Price Pioneer Museum in Florence.
  June 11, 2013 - Canon City Daily Record

Quotes

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• Alan Shearer in ESPN
  Shearer said: "I thought it was in from where I was standing - I would say that, wouldn't I? I'm a manager now. I have seen it on TV and it looks in. It's a mistake from the linesman. What it might have done was give us a rousing last five or 10...
• Sarah Palin in FOXNews
  The rousing speeches of our opponent can fill a stadium, but cannot make this country safe,said Palin, bundled up in a full-length coat and scarf as temperatures dipped into the 40s.