Roused

Word ROUSED
Character 6
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈɹaʊzd/

Definitions and meanings of "Roused"

What do we mean by roused?

To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.

To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).

To provoke (someone) to action or anger.

To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.

To pull by main strength; to haul.

To raise; to make erect.

(when followed by "on") To tell off; to criticise.

To be "roused on" is to be scolded or to get into trouble. To have a row is to have an argument or fight. Urban Dictionary

To rat, tattle tale,or snitch, or to run away from a fight because of your cowardly ways. To take a dump. Urban Dictionary

A phrase typically used by the Airsoft community in Europe. A Rouse is a player that is notorious for getting up close and personal by eliminating players with the use of rubber replicas of melee weapons such as knives, axes and swords. A Rouse is usually an expert in stealth by being able to sneak up on players with ease in almost complete silence. Urban Dictionary

Named after famous Brisbane City Lothario from the early 90's - 2010. A Rouse is another name for a Rum and Coke without Ice. To this day the majority of Brisbane pubs and nightspots will serve such a drink upon request without questioning what it actually is. Some say he was single handidly responsible for putting the ithica ice works out of business. Urban Dictionary

To awaken with coercive action, to stir or incite to strong indignation or anger. Use of physical action to attain active state. Urban Dictionary

A single grain of rice. Urban Dictionary

Gay Boy Urban Dictionary

A member of the "Roots" clan. Prefix added to indicate member's initials Also See: "Root", "Mckin", "Ralph" "Jimmy-Root" Urban Dictionary

A Northerners term for a rodent that has the appearance of a mouse from the front, but the long tail of a rat, hence rouse. Seldom seen before nightfall, these shy beasts feed on scraps of waste from Kebab shops and pizza parlours. Urban Dictionary

Man of great interlectual status but firery temper, an adjective for being an old frail man with strange white spots on the head. GGGGGGGEEEEEEETTTTTTTT OOOOOUUUUTTTTTT!!! HAHA those were the days, losing ones sense of self control after teaching a "bunch of shits" for a year. also used when refering to be "payed handsomly" for peanuts! Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Roused

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The word "roused" in example sentences

Martin roused himself and sat up and began to eat, between spoonfuls reassuring Maria that he had not been talking in his sleep and that he did not have any fever. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Lenin roused the proletariat, and Mao marched the Long March toward peace, prosperity, and improvement … and one thing that they all had in common was the desire to take from one group to give to another in the name of a more perfect society. ❋ Unknown (2008)

She learned of her good fortune when a late-night phone call roused her from her hotel bed in New Delhi, India, where she'd gone to study qawwali, a local musical delicacy spiced with hypnotic, serpentine vocal lines. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mr Abel remained behind, very often looking at his watch and at the room door, until Mr Swiveller was roused from a short nap, by the setting – down on the landing – place outside, as from the shoulders of a porter, of some giant load, which seemed to shake the house, and made the little physic bottles on the mantel – shelf ring again. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Acheron - the sound of the word roused instinctive vibrations of memory and associations in his mind. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (1989)

Acheron'the sound of the word roused instinctive vibrations of memory and associations in his mind. ❋ Howard, Robert E. (1977)

Cecil asserted that she "must" go to bed, and the word roused her like a trumpet. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

I did so, and, in truth, the word roused from their long slumber, or we believed they did, recollections that argued well for the physician's theory. ❋ Various (N/A)

How could they be roused from the apathy into which they'd sunk to see that anything was better than staying on, dishonoured and outcasts, where once they'd been free citizens? ❋ Unknown (1930)

Public attention was again roused to this subject by the McFarland-Richardson trial, in which the former shot the latter, being jealous of his attentions to his wife. ❋ Unknown (1898)

But to-night he recalled the nurse's comment -- "it looks so dead" -- and the phrase roused him to a fresh perception of the scene. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

The word roused Mrs. Lidcote to a renewed sense of realities. ❋ Edith Wharton (1899)

All these were now set a-going, and their terrible din roused those of the neighborhood who had not before assembled around the house. ❋ Lucretia Peabody (1886)

But ere she had finished her task, she was roused from the profound stillness in which that part of the castle lay, by the doleful lament of the troop returning from Ellerslie. ❋ Unknown (1875)

But a word roused up the dog, who leaped off the walrus, waking it in the act; and seeing its master it, too, advanced, not like the dog in capers and bounds accompanied by barking, but in a curious shuffling fashion, with plenty of whines and whimpers suggestive of its satisfaction and demand for caresses. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

The stir to his name roused pestilential domestic stories. ❋ George Meredith (1868)

I was [roused on] by my Mum for wearing my favourite [jackie howe] to my cousin's wedding. My girlfriend rouses on me when I stay at the pub drinking. I had a huge row with my brother over the [tv remote]. ❋ Jay Plane (2010)

Yo man, I heard you [roused on] me. That shit ain't cool. You totally [roused] during [the fight]!!! I gotta go take a Rouse ❋ Bigfoots Balls (2010)

Josh is such a Rouse! He [snuck] right up [on me] and [I didn]’t even hear him coming. ❋ SnortTheBliss (2023)

I can't believe that he [continues] to drink a "Rouse" when its 34deg ... I need to have [ice] in my [rum] ! ❋ Benocon (2011)

I pulled out my pistol and [roused] [this fool]. I have to rouse a [mother focker] everyday. ❋ Rouse It Big (2009)

Would you like some [more rice]? There is only a single [grain] of rouse [on your plate]. ❋ Mildthing (2009)

[Ben] Is A Rouse ❋ Joe Hamitlon (2003)

"C-Rouse" ❋ Anonymous (2003)

I saw what looked like a cross between [a mouse] and [a rat] outside that [kebab shop] last night, I think it was a rouse, bastard thing! ❋ Nigel Fleming (2006)

❋ Anonymous (2003)

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