rousing
/ˈraʊzɪŋ
/adjective
1Exciting; stirring: a rousing speech...
- Before we begin, let's all join in a rousing chorus of our anthem.
- It's the rousing finale to the exciting Angel series.
- The outer movements are best - rousing and exciting music that can help cover the lack of great melodies.
Synonyms
stirring, inspiring, exciting, stimulating, moving, electrifying, invigorating, enlivening, animating, energizing, exhilarating;
enthusiastic, vigorous, hearty, energetic, lively, spirited, animated;
inflammatory
North American informal stem-winding
rare anthemic, inspiriting
2 archaic (Of a fire) blazing strongly: a fine rousing fire that will soon warm you
Derivatives
rousingly
- The most successful war-related song, which outsold anything by Dylan, was Sergeant Barry Sadler's rousingly patriotic 1966 hit ‘The Ballad of the Green Berets’.
- Clearly, the hope is that moviegoers will find it rousingly topical.
- It would have been easy for him to write a rousingly romantic biography which glossed over the enormous contradictions of Ryan's career.
- phyllodial
- phyllodineous
- phyllodinous
- phyllodium
- phyllody
- phyllogenous
- phylloid
- phyllomania
- phyllome
- phyllomic
- phyllomorph
- phyllomorphic
- phyllophagan
- phyllophagous
- phyllophore
- phyllophorous
- phylloplane
- phyllopod
- phyllopodan
- phyllopodium
- phyllopodous
- phylloporphyrin
- phylloquinone
- phylloscopine
- phyllosilicate