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adjective

as in awakened

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verb

past tense of rouse
1
as in woke
to cause to stop sleeping the honking horns roused her from a deep sleep

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2
as in awoke
to cease to be asleep I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late

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Recent Examples of roused
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Around three in the morning, after the evening Kenzo had died, the woman had suddenly woken up, having been roused by the sound of water coming from the house next door. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026 One by one, as if roused from a trance, my fellow staffers rose from their workstations and filed to the exit. — Danny Heitman, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026 The Argentina fans roused themselves, whirling their shirts above their heads. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 As the fires spread, roughly 2,900 people — many roused from sleep — were told to evacuate or warned to prepare to flee. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026 This roused the Court-Philippe-Chatrier crowd, and in the second set Andreeva fully unraveled, smacking another ball to the rafters and asking people in her box to leave. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 2 June 2026 The resort is also known for Northern Lights viewing and offers wake-up call services for guests who want to be roused from sleep when the aurora appears overhead — turning the soak into a round-the-clock experience. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2026 According to the report, both animals roused and regained consciousness about 30 minutes after the procedure began. — Adam Bednar, Baltimore Sun, 30 Apr. 2026 The Armory Show of 1913 was an event that roused the journalism world to visual art. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roused
  1. awakened
  2. woke
  3. awoke
  4. wakeful
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  • Angine desperately returns to the store, again and again, to get her fix from Malaise, her face reddening from blood just below the surface, a canvas of her awakened desire.
    — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2025
Definition of awakened
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  • Continue reading … HOT AIR – AOC tries to laugh off 'crazy' woke era as thing of the past, but conservatives aren't amused.
    — , FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Aston Martin specialist Nicholas Mee & Company recently woke the car from a near 40-year slumber to return it to road-going condition.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of woke
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  • The fireworks came instead from the Dodgers' slumbering offense, which awoke with Max Muncy's three-run double and Freddie Freeman's RBI single after Skubal departed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Robert Sinners, communications director for Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and his fiancee, CBS News Atlanta reporter Madeline Montgomery, awoke shortly after midnight to the sound of gunfire outside their southwest Atlanta home.
    — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of awoke
Adjective
  • Low to medium doses show a reduction in the alpha frequency of brain waves (which correspond to relaxed and wakeful states), along with rising entropy, a signature finding of sober brains sinking deeper into a trip.
    — Oshan Jarow, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Having the right pillow can make a big difference between a peaceful night’s sleep and a restless, wakeful one.
    — Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
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