rousing
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[edit]rousing (comparative more rousing, superlative most rousing)
- That rouses or excites.
- rousing music
- 2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- But he still saw his side produce a rousing display which owed much to their lauded prowess from set-pieces, despite Uefa regulations meaning the pitch had to be widened and, in the process, the run-up area for Delap's long throws reduced.
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[edit]rousing
- present participle and gerund of rouse
Noun
[edit]rousing (plural rousings)
- The act by which somebody or something is roused.
- 2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion, page 88:
- Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both. Disposables can save parents repeated nighttime rousings or frequent sheet changes.
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