stimulate
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(verb) cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me" |
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Synonyms: arouse, brace, energise, energize, perk up |
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Related Words: affect, animate, cathect, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up, quicken, reanimate, recreate, reinvigorate, revive, revivify, vivify |
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Antonyms: sedate |
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(verb) act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination" |
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Synonyms: excite |
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Related Words: invigorate, nitrify, quicken |
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Antonyms: stifle |
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(verb) as of senses or emotions; "These stories shook the community" |
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Synonyms: excite, shake, shake up, stir |
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Related Words: affright, animate, arouse, arouse, elate, elicit, enkindle, enliven, evoke, exalt, excite, fire, fright, frighten, fuel, inspire, intoxicate, invigorate, invite, kindle, lift up, pick up, provoke, raise, scare, sex, tempt, thrill, tickle, titillate, turn on, uplift, wind up |
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(verb) stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience" |
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Synonyms: excite, stir |
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Related Words: blow, disgust, fellate, go down on, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, quicken, repel, revolt, sensitize, she-bop, thrill, turn off, wank, whet |
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(verb) cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner: "The ads induced me to buy a VCR"; "My children finally got me to buy a computer"; "My wife made me buy a new sofa" |
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Synonyms: cause, get, have, induce, make |
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Related Words: bring, compel, decide, encourage, inspire, instigate, lead, let, obligate, oblige, persuade, prompt |
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(verb) provide the needed stimulus for |
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Synonyms: provoke |
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Related Words: agitate, challenge, entice, foment, incite, instigate, jog, lure, set off, stir up, tempt |
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(verb) of bodily processes such as fever, illness, etc. |
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Synonyms: hasten, induce, rush |
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Related Words: bring about, effect, effectuate, set up |
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