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US
/ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/
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[ UK /ɹˈaʊzɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈaʊzɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of arousing
the purpose of art is the arousal of emotions
ADJECTIVE
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capable of arousing enthusiasm or excitement
a rousing sermon
stirring events such as wars and rescues -
rousing to activity or heightened action as by spurring or goading
tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation
How To Use rousing In A Sentence
- The sow, the mouse and the cow sounded a rousing song.
- Certainly, this apathetic behaviour can be explained in part by disappointment with a government that many feel has not lived up to its rousing promises of four years ago.
- The tenor saxophonist's rousing stomps and sensitive ballads are deeply imprinted in his fans' memories.
- Usually a rousing piece, on this recording, never really takes life.
- tossed a rousing political comment into the conversation
- They drove away slowly to avoid arousing suspicion.
- Rousing the man, I caused him to swallow some pints of warm water, and then I gave him a hypodermic injection of apomorphia. AN AUSTRALIAN IN CHINA
- The other rousing chapter, entitled ‘Truth and history’, asserts the historicity of the Bible - that Christianity is rooted in history.
- Friday's session is sure to raise the roof and promises to be a rousing foot tapping treat for all lovers of trad.
- He's gone out of his way not to mention his blue-blooded carousing, because he knows it would make the average citizen puke themselves into a coma, and one side-effect of this is that he seems shifty and suspicious. Birthday Boy