| Main Entry: | electrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrill, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire |
Antonyms: |
bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | exhilarate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make very happy |
Synonyms: |
animate, boost, buoy, cheer, commove, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, juice*, lift, pep up, perk up, pick up, put zip into, quicken, rejoice, send, snap up, stimulate, thrill, turn on, uplift, vitalize |
Antonyms: |
agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry |
| Main Entry: | galvanize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, commove, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, innervate, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, vitalize, wake, zap |
Antonyms: |
depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
Synonyms: |
affect, animate, arouse, be responsible for, carry, cause, commove, elate, embolden, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fire up, galvanize, get*, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, inspirit, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, start off, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up |
Antonyms: |
discourage, dissuade |
| Main Entry: | shake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | quiver, tremble |
Synonyms: |
agitate, brandish, bump, chatter, churn, commove, concuss, convulse, discompose, disquiet, disturb, dither, dodder, flap, flicker, flit, flitter, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, jar, jerk, jog, joggle, jolt, jounce, move, oscillate, palpitate, perturb, quail, quake, quaver, rattle, reel, rock, roil, ruffle, set in motion, shimmer, shimmy, shiver, shudder, stagger, stir up, succuss, sway, swing, totter, tremor, twitter, upset, vibrate, waggle, water, wave, whip, wobble |
| Main Entry: | stimulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, provoke |
Synonyms: |
activate, animate, arouse, build a fire under, commove, dynamize, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, fire up, foment, foster, galvanize, get one going, get one started, goad, grab, hook, impel, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, jazz, juice*, key up, motivate, move, perk, pique, prod, prompt, quicken, rouse, send, set up, spark, spirit, spur, steam up, stir up, support, trigger, turn on, urge, vitalize, vivify, wake up, whet, work up |
Antonyms: |
calm, depress, discourage |