1. Having power to awaken or excite.
2. Great; violent; as a rousing fire. [Vulgar.]
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
Awaking from sleep; exciting; calling into action.
1. Having power to awaken or excite; exciting.
2. Very great; violent; astounding; as, a rousing fire; a rousing lie.
Physical Energy Roget’s Thesaurus §171
N. energy, physical energy, force, power &c. # 157, keenness, intensity, vigor, strength, elasticity, go, high pressure, fire, rush, acrimony, acritude, causiticity, virulence, poignancy, harshness, severity, edge, point, pungency, cantharides, seasoning, activity, agitation, effervescence, ferment, fermentation, ebullition, splutter, perturbation, stir, bustle, voluntary energy, quicksilver, resolution, exertion, excitation
V. give -energy, energize, stimulate, kindle, excite, exert, sharpen, intensify, inflame, wind up, strike home, into home, hard home, make an impression
Adj. strong, energetic, forcible, active, intense, deep-dyed, severe, keen, vivid, sharp, acute, incisive, trenchant, brisk, rousing, irritation, poignant, virulent, caustic, corrosive, mordant, harsh, stringent, double-edged, double-shotted, double-distilled, drastic, escharotic|, racy, potent, radioactive
Adv. strongly, fortiter in re, with telling effect
Phr. the steam is up, vires acquirit eundo, "the race by vigor not by vaunts is won"
No Bible verses found for "rousing".