[{"word":"rousing","phonetic":"/ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To wake (someone) or be awoken from sleep, or from apathy.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause, stir up, excite (a feeling, thought, etc.).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to rouse the faculties, passions, or emotions"},{"definition":"To provoke (someone) to action or anger.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause to start from a covert or lurking place.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to rouse a deer or other animal of the chase"},{"definition":"To pull by main strength; to haul.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To raise; to make erect.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(when followed by \"on\") To tell off; to criticise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"He roused on her for being late yet again."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which somebody or something is roused.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That rouses or excites.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"rousing music"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rouse","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rousing"]}]