Antonyms for rousedroused

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1. roused

   Antonyms:
   calm, collected, composed, cool, dispassionate, imperturbable, peaceful, placid, quiet, sedate, self-possessed, serene, smooth, still, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled

   Synonyms:
   agitated, boisterous, disturbed, excited, fierce, frantic, frenzied, furious, heated, passionate, raging, ruffled, stormy, turbulent, violent, wild, wrathful

How to use roused in a sentence?

1. John Dryden:

   Roused by the lash of his own stubborn tail our lion now will foreign foes assail.

2. Frederick Douglass:

   For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder. We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake. The feeling of the nation must be quickened; the conscience of the nation must be roused; the propriety of the nation must be startled; the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced.

3. Margaret Fuller:

   It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.

4. Alice Joossens:

   Sammy kind of woke me up and roused me to the door. I looked out the door and saw Marilyn laying on the ground, so we all came rushing out.

5. Jessamyn West:

   A religious awakening which does not awaken the sleeper to love has roused him in vain.

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