1. Cause to become awake or conscious
   "He was roused by the drunken men in the street";
   - awaken, wake, waken, wake up, arouse
    
2. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
   "The protest march roused the whole city";
   - agitate, turn on, charge, commove [archaic], excite, charge up
    
3. Become active
   "He finally roused himself";
   - bestir
    
4. Compel to leave or emerge from a place, especially by force or pressure
   "The loud noise roused the bears from their den";
   - rout out, drive out, force out

Sounds like: roughs, ruffs, r, rous

Derived forms: rousing, rouses, roused

Type of: alter, change, displace, disturb, modify, move, trouble, upset

Encyclopedia: Rouse, Mike