• IPA: /ˈɹaʊzɪŋ/

rousing

1. That rouses or excites.

   rousing music

1. Present participle and gerund of rouse

rousing (plural rousings)

1. The act by which somebody or something is roused.
   • 2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion, page 88:

     Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both. Disposables can save parents repeated nighttime rousings or frequent sheet changes.