rouse
/raʊz/
wake, stir
📚 Meanings
- 1.
To wake someone from sleep, or to cause them to become conscious or alert after being inactive or unconscious.
"The loud noise failed to rouse him from his deep sleep."
- 2.
To stir up or excite a feeling or action, especially anger, passion, or activity.
"His impassioned speech was intended to rouse the crowd to protest."
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It's hard to rouse him from sleep once he's deeply asleep.
It's difficult to wake him up when he's in a deep sleep.
The new policy threatens to rouse strong opposition from the public.
The new policy risks stirring up strong public opposition.
She managed to rouse herself and continue working despite feeling tired.
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