Definition: act as a stimulant
Usage: The book stimulated her imagination; This play stimulates
Similar words: touch, touch on, impact, affect, bear on, bear upon
Definition: have an effect upon
Usage: Will the new rules affect me?
Synonyms: excite
Definition: produce a magnetic field in
Usage: excite the neurons
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: excite, energise, energize
Definition: raise to a higher energy level
Usage: excite the atoms
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Synonyms: excite, stimulate, stir, shake, shake up
Definition: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Usage: These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country
Similar words: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy
Synonyms: excite, sex, wind up, arouse, turn on
Definition: stimulate sexually
Usage: This movie usually arouses the male audience
Similar words: excite, stimulate, stir, shake, shake up
Definition: stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
Usage: These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country
Synonyms: turn on, rouse, excite, charge, charge up, commove, agitate
Definition: cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
Usage: The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
Similar words: trouble, disturb, upset
Definition: move deeply
Usage: This book upset me; A troubling thought
Synonyms: excite
Definition: arouse or elicit a feeling
Similar words: kindle, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, arouse, raise, provoke
Definition: call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
Usage: arouse pity; raise a smile; evoke sympathy
Synonyms: stimulate, stir, excite
Definition: stir feelings in
Usage: stimulate my appetite; excite the audience; stir emotions
Similar words: sensitise, sensitize
Definition: cause to sense; make sensitive
Usage: She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society; My tongue became sensitized to good wine