| rouse | | |
| v. (motion) | 1. bestir, rouse | become active.; "He finally bestirred himself" |
| ~ be active, move | be in a state of action.; "she is always moving" |
| v. (motion) | 2. drive out, force out, rouse, rout out | force or drive out.; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M." |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back | force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings.; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers" |
| ~ hunt | chase away, with as with force.; "They hunted the unwanted immigrants out of the neighborhood" |
| ~ smoke out | drive out with smoke.; "smoke out the bees" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (body) | 4. arouse, awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken | cause to become awake or conscious.; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM." |
| ~ reawaken | awaken once again. |
| ~ bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around | return to consciousness.; "These pictures bring back sad memories" |
| ~ call | rouse somebody from sleep with a call.; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| wake | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. aftermath, backwash, wake | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
| ~ consequence, effect, result, upshot, outcome, event, issue | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| n. (location) | 2. wake, wake island | an island in the western Pacific between Guam and Hawaii. |
| ~ battle of wake, battle of wake island | in December 1941 the island was captured by the Japanese after a gallant last-ditch stand by a few hundred United States marines. |
| ~ island | a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water. |
| ~ pacific, pacific ocean | the largest ocean in the world. |
| n. (event) | 3. backwash, wake | the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward.; "the motorboat's wake capsized the canoe" |
| ~ moving ridge, wave | one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water). |
| n. (act) | 4. viewing, wake | a vigil held over a corpse the night before burial.; "there's no weeping at an Irish wake" |
| ~ vigil, watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival). |
| v. (body) | 5. wake | be awake, be alert, be there. |
| ~ sit up, stay up | not go to bed.; "Don't stay up so late--you have to go to work tomorrow"; "We sat up all night to watch the election" |
| v. (body) | 6. arouse, awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken | stop sleeping.; "She woke up to the sound of the alarm clock" |
| ~ catch some z's, kip, log z's, sleep, slumber | be asleep. |
| ~ change state, turn | undergo a transformation or a change of position or action.; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election" |
| v. (emotion) | 7. fire up, heat, ignite, inflame, stir up, wake | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ ferment | work up into agitation or excitement.; "Islam is fermenting Africa" |
| v. (communication) | 8. wake | make aware of.; "His words woke us to terrible facts of the situation" |
| ~ alert, alarm | warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness.; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries" |
| awake | | |
| adj. | 1. awake | not in a state of sleep; completely conscious.; "lay awake thinking about his new job"; "still not fully awake" |
| ~ alert, watchful | engaged in or accustomed to close observation.; "caught by a couple of alert cops"; "alert enough to spot the opportunity when it came"; "constantly alert and vigilant, like a sentinel on duty" |
| ~ astir, up | out of bed.; "are they astir yet?"; "up by seven each morning" |
| ~ awakened | (somewhat formal) having been waked up.; "the awakened baby began to cry" |
| ~ insomniac, sleepless, watchful | experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness.; "insomniac old people"; "insomniac nights"; "lay sleepless all night"; "twenty watchful, weary, tedious nights" |
| ~ unsleeping, wide-awake | fully awake.; "the unsleeping city"; "so excited she was wide-awake all night" |
| ~ waking, wakeful | marked by full consciousness or alertness.; "worked every moment of my waking hours" |
| ~ aware, cognisant, cognizant | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" |
| ~ conscious | knowing and perceiving; having awareness of surroundings and sensations and thoughts.; "remained conscious during the operation"; "conscious of his faults"; "became conscious that he was being followed" |
| adj. | 2. alert, alive, awake | mentally perceptive and responsive.; "an alert mind"; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament" |
| ~ aware, cognisant, cognizant | (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing knowledge or understanding or realization or perception.; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" |
| kindle | | |
| v. (weather) | 1. inflame, kindle | catch fire.; "The dried grass of the prairie kindled, spreading the flames for miles" |
| ~ flare up | ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down.; "the fire flared up and died down once again" |
| v. (weather) | 2. conflagrate, enkindle, inflame, kindle | cause to start burning.; "The setting sun kindled the sky with oranges and reds" |
| ~ ignite, light | cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat.; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette" |
| ~ rekindle | kindle anew, as of a fire. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ create, make | make or cause to be or to become.; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor" |
| ~ touch a chord, strike a chord | evoke a reaction, response, or emotion.; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord" |
| ~ ask for, invite | increase the likelihood of.; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism" |
| ~ draw | elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc..; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter" |
| ~ rekindle | arouse again.; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love" |
| ~ infatuate | arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way.; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her" |
| ~ prick | to cause a sharp emotional pain.; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience" |
| ~ fire up, stir up, heat, ignite, wake, inflame | arouse or excite feelings and passions.; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ excite | arouse or elicit a feeling. |
| ~ anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ shame | cause to be ashamed. |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| ~ overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overcome, overtake | overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli. |
| ~ interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
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