Thesaurus / roust
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If the mate is kindly disposed the roust-about has an easy enough life.
SLAVE NARRATIVES: A FOLK HISTORY OF SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATESWORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION
No, if Leonard stand, I roust first see to get him in; and next, to keep Egerton out.
MY NOVEL, COMPLETEEDWARD BULWER-LYTTON
Whenever the father builds, games, or electioneers, the heir and title roust go to market.
THE HEIRESS;JOHN BURGOYNE
I said he'd better roust the old josser out, and be damned smart about it.
PINCHER MARTIN, O.D.H. TAPRELL DORLING
Several persons were drowned at Coburn, Mrs. Roust and three children among the number.
HISTORY OF THE JOHNSTOWN FLOODWILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON
To make his acceptance of the situation easier, his only course was to roust his friend's anger.
THE VICTIMTHOMAS DIXON
Now you know a fellow couldn't roust out such a gaily thing as that in a little country town like this.
THE CURIOUS REPUBLIC OF GONDOUR AND OTHER WHIMSICAL SKETCHESMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
Now you know a fellow couldn't roust out such a gaily thing as that in a little country-town like this.
SKETCHES NEW AND OLD, COMPLETEMARK TWAIN (SAMUEL CLEMENS)
He's a sort of a roust-about for 'Squire Brookhouse, but the 'squire don't appear to work him very hard.
OUT OF A LABYRINTHLAWRENCE L. LYNCH
The Republican party would lect them and the Democratic party roust them out of office.
WORDS RELATED TO ROUST
- animate
- arouse
- awaken
- begin
- bestir
- bring about
- bring down
- bring on
- build up
- call forth
- cause
- challenge
- draw forth
- electrify
- elicit
- enthuse
- excite
- fire
- fire up
- galvanize
- generate
- give rise to
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- instigate
- kindle
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- pique
- precipitate
- prime
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- quicken
- rally
- rouse
- roust
- stir
- suscitate
- thrill
- titillate
- titivate
- waken
- whet
- animate
- arouse
- awaken
- begin
- bestir
- bring about
- bring down
- bring on
- build up
- call forth
- cause
- challenge
- draw forth
- electrify
- elicit
- enthuse
- excite
- fire
- fire up
- galvanize
- generate
- give rise to
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- innervate
- innerve
- inspire
- instigate
- kindle
- lead to
- make
- motivate
- move
- occasion
- pique
- precipitate
- prime
- produce
- promote
- prompt
- quicken
- rally
- rouse
- roust
- stir
- suscitate
- thrill
- titillate
- titivate
- waken
- whet
- abolish
- clear
- deliver
- disabuse
- disburden
- disembarrass
- disencumber
- dump
- eject
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expel
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fire
- give the brush
- heave-ho
- junk
- kiss goodbye
- liberate
- make free
- purge
- release
- relieve
- remove
- roust
- scrap
- send packing
- shake off
- shed
- throw away
- throw out
- toss out
- unburden
- unload
- uproot
- abolish
- clear
- deliver
- disabuse
- disburden
- disembarrass
- disencumber
- dump
- eject
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expel
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fire
- give the brush
- heave-ho
- junk
- kiss goodbye
- liberate
- make free
- purge
- release
- relieve
- remove
- roust
- scrap
- send packing
- shake off
- shed
- throw away
- throw out
- toss out
- unburden
- unload
- uproot
- abet
- actuate
- add fuel to fire
- adjy
- affect
- agitate
- animate
- arouse
- awaken
- bestir
- challenge
- craze
- drive
- electrify
- energize
- excite
- feed the fire
- foment
- galvanize
- impel
- inflame
- inspire
- kindle
- make waves
- motivate
- move
- prompt
- provoke
- psych
- quicken
- raise
- rally
- rile
- rouse
- roust
- rout
- set
- spark
- spook
- spur
- stir embers
- stir up
- switch on
- thrill
- touch
- trigger
- urge
- vitalize
- wake
- waken
- whet
- whip up
- work up
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.