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Main Entry:	excite
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inspire; upset
Synonyms:	accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, vex, warm, whet, work up, worry, feed the fire, stir up, touch off, wake up, waken
Antonyms:	bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize

Main Entry:	actuate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	start a function or action, motivate
Synonyms:	activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work up*, fire up, key up, put up to, work into lather
Notes:	when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions
Antonyms:	impede, stop

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Main Entry:	anger
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make someone mad; become mad
Synonyms:	acerbate, affront, aggravate, agitate, annoy, antagonize, arouse, bait, blow up, boil over, boil, bristle, burn, burn up, chafe, craze, cross, displease, egg on, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fret, gall, get mad, get on one's nerves, goad, incense, inflame, infuriate, irritate, lose one's temper, madden, make sore, miff, nettle, offend, outrage, pique, provoke, raise hell, rankle, rant, rave, rile, ruffle, seethe, steam up, stew, stir up, tempt, umbrage, vex
Antonyms:	calm, forbear, make happy, quiet, soothe

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Main Entry:	animate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	bring to life
Synonyms:	activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, instigate, invigorate, kindle, move, quicken, revive, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vivify, inspirit, liven, make alive, revivify, vitalize
Antonyms:	deaden, discourage, kill

Main Entry:	awaken
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make conscious or alert
Synonyms:	activate, animate, arouse, awake, call, enliven, excite, fan, incite, kindle, provoke, rally, revive, rise and shine, rouse, stimulate, turn out, vivify, wake, pile out, roll out, show a leg, stir up
Antonyms:	deaden, hypnotize, go to sleep

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Main Entry:	dazzle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	confuse, amaze
Synonyms:	astonish, awe, bedazzle, blind, blur, bowl over, daze, excite, fascinate, glitz, hypnotize, impress, overpower, overwhelm, stupefy, surprise, overawe, razzle-dazzle, strike dumb
Antonyms:	bore

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Main Entry:	egg on
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	push to do something
Synonyms:	agitate, arouse, drive, encourage, excite, exhort, goad, incite, instigate, pique, prick, prod, prompt, propel, rally, spur, stimulate, urge, whip up, sic, stir up
Antonyms:	discourage, dissuade, hold back, talk out of

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

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Main Entry:	energize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	activate; give more life
Synonyms:	animate, arm, build up, electrify, empower, enable, enliven, excite, fortify, invigorate, motivate, pep up, prime, quicken, reinforce, stimulate, strengthen, sustain, trigger, turn on, work up, zap, actify, activize, goose, innervate, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, liven up, pump up, put zip into, start up, switch on, vitalize
Antonyms:	deactivate, debilitate, sap, tire, weaken, weary

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Main Entry:	engender
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	cause to happen; cause an action
Synonyms:	arouse, beget, breed, bring about, create, develop, excite, foment, generate, hatch, incite, induce, instigate, make, muster, occasion, precipitate, procreate, produce, propagate, provoke, quicken, rouse, spawn, stimulate, stir, work up, bring forth, give birth to, give rise to, lead to
Antonyms:	destroy, finish, halt, kill, stop

Main Entry:	enliven
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inspire, vitalize
Synonyms:	animate, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, galvanize, gladden, hearten, invigorate, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, spark, spice, stimulate, vivify, work up, zap, brace up, fire up, give a lift, give life to, inspirit, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, put pep into, recreate, snap out of it, spice up, vivificate, wake up
Antonyms:	bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire

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Main Entry:	evoke
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	induce, stimulate
Synonyms:	arouse, awaken, call, conjure, educe, elicit, evince, evolve, excite, extort, extract, invoke, milk*, provoke, raise, rally, recall, rouse, summon, call forth, give rise to, stir up, waken
Antonyms:	halt, quell, repress, silence, stifle, stop, suppress

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Main Entry:	exacerbate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	infuriate; make worse
Synonyms:	add insult to injury, aggravate, annoy, egg on, embitter, enrage, envenom, exasperate, excite, fan the flames, feed the fire, go from bad to worse, heat up, heighten, hit on*, increase, inflame, intensify, irritate, madden, provoke, push one's button, rattle one's cage, rub salt in a wound, vex, worsen
Antonyms:	aid, calm, comfort, help, soothe

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Main Entry:	exasperate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	upset, provoke
Synonyms:	T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle*, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up
Antonyms:	calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe

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Main Entry:	exhilarate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make very happy
Synonyms:	animate, boost, buoy, cheer, delight, elate, enliven, exalt, excite, gladden, inspire, invigorate, juice, lift, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rejoice, send, stimulate, thrill, turn on, uplift, commove, inspirit, put zip into, snap up, vitalize
Antonyms:	agitate, depress, discourage, sadden, upset, worry

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Main Entry:	fascinate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	captivate, hold spellbound
Synonyms:	absorb, allure, animate, arouse, attach, attract, beguile, bewitch, charm, compel, delight, draw, enamor, enchant, engage, engross, enrapture, enslave, ensnare, enthrall, entice, entrance, excite, fire, gladden, hypnotize, interest, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, seduce, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win, infatuate, intoxicate, rivet, spellbind
Antonyms:	bore, repel, tire, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest

Main Entry:	ferment
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	split into simpler substances; be agitated
Synonyms:	boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, work, acidify, be violent, moil, stir up

Main Entry:	flurry
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	agitate, confuse
Synonyms:	bewilder, bother, bustle, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, fluster, flutter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, ruffle, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset, discombobulate
Antonyms:	calm, comfort, quiet

Main Entry:	fluster
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	upset, perturb
Synonyms:	agitate, bewilder, bother, confound, confuse, craze, discompose, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, flip, flurry, frustrate, hassle, heat, hurry, muddle, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, rattle, ruffle, spook, unhinge, work up, addle, discombobulate, fuddle, get to, make nervous, make waves, psych, stir up, throw off balance
Antonyms:	calm, comfort, settle

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Main Entry:	foment
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	instigate, provoke
Synonyms:	abet, agitate, arouse, brew, cultivate, encourage, excite, foster, goad, incite, nurse, nurture, promote, quicken, raise, set, spur, start, stimulate, whip up*, fan the flames, set on, sow the seeds, stir up
Antonyms:	cease, dampen, discourage, dissuade, stop