| Main Entry: | intoxicating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | causing great happiness |
Synonyms: |
exciting, exhilarant, exhilarating, exhilarative, eye-popping, heady, inspiring, provocative, rousing, stimulating, stirring, thrilling |
Antonyms: |
saddening, sobering |
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
Synonyms: |
addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
Antonyms: |
clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | exciting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inspiring, exhilarating |
Synonyms: |
agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far-out, fine, flashy, groovy*, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful |
Antonyms: |
boring, moderate, unenthused, unenthusiastic, unexciting, uninspiring, unpromising, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | exhilarating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating, cheering |
Synonyms: |
animating, animative, bracing, breathtaking, electric, elevating, enlivening, exalting, exciting, exhilarant, exhilarative, exhilaratory, eye-popping, gladdening, inspiring, inspiriting, intoxicating, invigorating, quickening, rousing, stimulative, stirring, thrilling, tonic, uplifting, vitalizing |
Antonyms: |
agitating, boring, depressing, discouraging, upsetting, worrying |
| 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, infatuate, interest, intoxicate, intrigue, invite, kindle, lure, mesmerize, overpower, overwhelm, pique, please, provoke, ravish, rivet, seduce, spellbind, stimulate, stir, subdue, tantalize, tempt, thrill, titillate, transfix, transport, win |
Antonyms: |
bore, disenchant, disenthrall, disinterest, repel, tire |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, arouse |
Synonyms: |
animate, electrify, enliven, enthuse, exalt, galvanize, heighten, impassion, incite, inflame, inform, inspire, inspirit, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill |
Antonyms: |
bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | inflame |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | anger, aggravate |
Synonyms: |
agitate, annoy, arouse, burn, disturb, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, exasperate, excite, fan, fire, fire up, foment, gall, get*, grate, heat, heat up, ignite, impassion, incense, increase, infuriate, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, kindle, light, madden, provoke, put out, rile, roil, rouse, steam up, stimulate, vex, worsen |
Antonyms: |
alleviate, appease, cool, pacify, placate, put out, quench, soothe, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | provocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aggravating |
Synonyms: |
annoying, challenging, disturbing, exciting, galling, goading, heady, incensing, inciting, influential, inspirational, insulting, intoxicating, offensive, outrageous, provoking, pushing, spurring, stimulant, stimulating |
Antonyms: |
repressive, suppressive, unprovocative |
| Main Entry: | provocative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sexually stimulating |
Synonyms: |
alluring, arousing, enchanting, erotic, exciting, heady, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, inviting, seductive, sexy, stimulating, suggestive, tantalizing, tempting |
Antonyms: |
unexciting, unprovocative, unstimulating |
| Main Entry: | send |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
Synonyms: |
charm, delight, electrify, enrapture, enthrall, enthuse, excite, intoxicate, move, ravish, stir, thrill, titillate, turn on |
Antonyms: |
displease |