excite :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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Verbs (11)

stimulate

v. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

arouse a feeling

v. arouse or elicit a feeling

agitate, commove, charge up

v. cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"

stir, stimulate

v. stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"

shake, stir, stimulate, shake up

v. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

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Fuzzynyms (142)

pique, offend

v. cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

peeve

v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

move, prompt, incite, motivate

v. give an incentive for action; "This moved me to sacrifice my career"

inspire

v. supply the inspiration for; "The article about the artist inspired the exhibition of his recent work"

force out, rout out, drive out, rouse

v. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

rush, stimulate, hasten, induce

v. cause to occur rapidly; "the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions"

strike, impress, move, affect, make an impression on

v. have an emotional or cognitive impact upon; "This child impressed me as unusually mature"; "This behavior struck me as odd"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

anger, see red, get angry

v. become angry; "He angers easily"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

activate, make active, enable, turn on, invoke, switch on, toggle on

v. make active or more active; "activate an old file"

brace, arouse, stimulate, energize, energise, perk up

v. cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate"

activate, make more adsorptive

v. of metals

activate, aerate

v. aerate (sewage) so as to favor the growth of organisms that decompose organic matter

activate, make radioactive

v. make (substances) radioactive

delight, please, give joy

v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

thrill, exalt, exhilarate

v. fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink; "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies"; "He was inebriated by his phenomenal success"

cheer, cheer up, chirk up

v. become cheerful

gladden, become glad

v. become glad or happy

set off, instigate, incite, stir up

v. provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

pique, offend

v. cause to feel resentment or indignation; "Her tactless remark offended me"

bother, annoy

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

rag, bother, devil, nark, nettle, gravel, irritate, mortify, get to, get at, rile, annoy, vex

v. cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

peeve

v. cause to be annoyed, irritated, or resentful

discourage

v. deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

jog

v. stimulate to remember; "jog my memory"

prompt, inspire, instigate

v. serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"

raise, arouse, bring up, invoke, call forth, put forward, conjure up, call down

v. summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic; "raise the specter of unemployment"; "he conjured wild birds in the air"; "call down the spirits from the mountain"

trip, trigger, spark, activate, set off, actuate, spark off, trigger off, touch off

v. put in motion or move to act; "trigger a reaction"; "actuate the circuits"

enervate, faze, unnerve, unsettle

v. disturb the composure of

awaken, waken, wake up, arouse

v. cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."

force out, rout out, drive out, rouse

v. force or drive out; "The police routed them out of bed at 2 A.M."

electrify, charge with electricity

v. charge (a conductor) with electricity

Synonyms (11)

charge, load with a charge, place a charge on