excite

(v) arouse or elicit a feeling
(v) act as a stimulant
- The book stimulated her imagination
- This play stimulates
stimulate,
(v) stir feelings in
- stimulate my appetite
- excite the audience
- stir emotions
stir, stimulate,
(v) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused
- The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks
charge up, commove, agitate, rouse, turn on, charge,
(v) stimulate sexually
- This movie usually arouses the male audience
sex, wind up, turn on, arouse,
(v) stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- These stories shook the community
- the civil war shook the country
stimulate, shake up, stir, shake,
(v) raise to a higher energy level
- excite the atoms
energise, energize,
(v) produce a magnetic field in
- excite the neurons

stimulate stir charge up commove agitate rouse turn on charge sex wind up arouse shake up shake energise energize

dampen stifle calm still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize calm down quiet quieten lull

excise

excited excitedly excitement