| excite | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. excite | arouse or elicit a feeling. |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ enthuse | cause to feel enthusiasm. |
| v. (change) | 2. excite, stimulate | act as a stimulant.; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" |
| ~ affect, bear upon, bear on, impact, touch on, touch | have an effect upon.; "Will the new rules affect me?" |
| ~ invigorate, quicken | give life or energy to.; "The cold water invigorated him" |
| ~ innervate | stimulate to action.; "innervate a muscle or a nerve" |
| ~ irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus.; "irritate the glands of a leaf" |
| v. (perception) | 3. excite, stimulate, stir | stir feelings in.; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" |
| ~ jack off, jerk off, she-bop, wank, masturbate, fuck off | get sexual gratification through self-stimulation. |
| ~ masturbate | stimulate sexually.; "The old man wanted to be masturbated by the prostitute" |
| ~ sensitise, sensitize | cause to sense; make sensitive.; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" |
| ~ horripilate | cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps.; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me" |
| ~ work | provoke or excite.; "The rock musician worked the crowd of young girls into a frenzy" |
| ~ fellate, go down on, suck, blow | provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation. |
| ~ thrill | cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input.; "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow" |
| ~ whet, quicken | make keen or more acute.; "whet my appetite" |
| ~ disgust, gross out, revolt, repel | fill with distaste.; "This spoilt food disgusts me" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. agitate, charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.; "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks" |
| ~ hype up, psych up | get excited or stimulated.; "The children were all psyched up after the movie" |
| ~ disturb, trouble, upset | move deeply.; "This book upset me"; "A troubling thought" |
| ~ bother | make nervous or agitated.; "The mere thought of her bothered him and made his heart beat faster" |
| ~ pother | make upset or troubled. |
| ~ electrify | excite suddenly and intensely.; "The news electrified us" |
| v. (emotion) | 5. arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ tempt | try to seduce. |
| v. (emotion) | 6. excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ fuel | stimulate.; "fuel the debate on creationism" |
| ~ sex, wind up, excite, turn on, arouse | stimulate sexually.; "This movie usually arouses the male audience" |
| ~ affright, fright, frighten, scare | cause fear in.; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her" |
| ~ thrill, tickle, vibrate | feel sudden intense sensation or emotion.; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine" |
| ~ invite, tempt | give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting.; "the window displays tempted the shoppers" |
| ~ elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| ~ animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate, exalt | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ titillate | excite pleasurably or erotically.; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine" |
| v. (change) | 7. energise, energize, excite | raise to a higher energy level.; "excite the atoms" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 8. excite | produce a magnetic field in.; "excite the neurons" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
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