roused Definition

rouse
verb roused, rousing

1. To arouse or awaken oneself or someone else from sleep, listlessness or lethargy.

Thesaurus: awaken, arise, stir, wake, call, summon.
intr
2. To awaken or become more fully conscious or alert.
3. To excite or provoke.

Example: the injustice of it roused her anger
Thesaurus: stimulate, move, excite, provoke, incite, instigate, inflame, whip up, exhilarate; Antonym: calm.
intr
4. To become excited, provoked, etc.
5. To bring (game) out from cover or a lair.

Derivative: rouser
noun

Derivative: rousing
adj

Stirring; exciting.
Thesaurus: lively, spirited, vivacious, animated, active, dynamic, vigorous, brisk; Antonym: dull, sluggish, slow.

Derivative: rousingly
adverb

Etymology: 15c, in the sense (said of a hawk) ‘to ruffle or shake the feathers'.