rousted (Meaning)

rousted

to drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously

The police rousted the rowdy teenagers from the park at midnight.
The officer rousted the sleeping homeless man from his makeshift shelter.
The landlord rousted the delinquent tenant out of the apartment building.
The alarm clock rousted me from a deep sleep with its insistent ringing.
The caffeine in the coffee rousted me out of my morning grogginess.
The tornado sirens rousted the townspeople from their homes and into safety.
The nosy neighbor rousted the children from their treehouse with a shrill whistle.
The immigration agents rousted the undocumented workers from their neighborhood.
The fire alarm rousted the hotel guests from their slumber, forcing them to evacuate.
The teacher rousted the dozing student from his desk with a gentle nudge.

to drive (as from bed) roughly or unceremoniously

awakened, aroused, sleepless, roused, awake, wakeful, wakened, aware, revived,wide-awake

asleep,sleeping, dormant, resting, nodding, dozing, drowsy, dreaming, slumbering,sleepy

The police rousted the rowdy teenagers from the park at midnight.

The officer rousted the sleeping homeless man from his makeshift shelter.

The landlord rousted the delinquent tenant out of the apartment building.

The alarm clock rousted me from a deep sleep with its insistent ringing.