Rouse and Sleep

Rouse

Rouse verb - To cease to be asleep.
Usage example: I finally roused around noon, after going to bed very late

Sleep is an antonym for rouse in topics: stimulate, wake.

Nearby Words: rousing, roused, roust

Sleep

Sleep verb - To be in a state of sleep.

Rouse is an antonym for sleep.

Both words in one sentence

  • Ancient Tomb You can sleep until the foolish adventurers rouse you from your thousand-year slumber, and devour not just them but all mankind.
    Source: Ancient Tomb
  • Visual Novel / Dracu-Riot! Heavy Sleeper: Nicola is known to sleep late and be difficult to rouse.
  • Unfortunately, he'd just had to spend an unusually long time without sleep, so he kept dozing off just sitting there — and every time she tried to rouse him, he'd come awake frantically lashing out with karate and destroy another piece of furniture....
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