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Main Entry:	thrill
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	sudden excitement
Synonyms:	adventure, bang, blast, charge, circus, fireworks, flash, flush, fun, inspiration, lift, pleasure, refreshment, response, sensation, stimulation, tingle, titillation, twitter, upper, wallop*, good feeling, kicks, turn-on
Antonyms:	calm, depression

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Main Entry:	thrill
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	excite, stimulate
Synonyms:	animate, arouse, blow away, delight, electrify, enchant, enthuse, fire up, flush, flutter, galvanize, glow, go over big, grab, inspire, juice, key up, knock one's socks off, move, palpitate, quicken, quiver, race one's motor, rally, rouse, score, send, stir, stir up, tickle, tingle, titillate, tremble, turn on, wow
Antonyms:	bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten

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Main Entry:	arouse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	excite, entice
Synonyms:	agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, foment, foster, goad, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, warm, whet, whip up, work up, fire up, heat up, wake up, waken
Antonyms:	bore, calm, lull, quiet

Main Entry:	content
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	please
Synonyms:	appease, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enrapture, gladden, gratify, humor, indulge, mollify, placate, reconcile, satisfy, suffice, thrill, tickle, make happy
Antonyms:	anger, displease, disturb, upset

Main Entry:	delight
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make happy; experience happiness
Synonyms:	allure, amuse, attract, charm, cheer, content, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, gratify, groove, hit the spot, knock out*, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, turn on, wow, arride, be the ticket, delectate, go over big, jubilate, knock dead, tickle pink, tickle to death
Antonyms:	depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble

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Main Entry:	emotion
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	mental state
Synonyms:	affect, affection, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, warmth, zeal, affectivity, excitability, responsiveness, sensitiveness, vibes
Antonyms:	physicality

Main Entry:	enchant
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	delight, mesmerize
Synonyms:	allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, draw, enamor, enrapture, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, grab, gratify, hex, hypnotize, kill, magnetize, please, send, slay, spell, take, thrill, turn on, voodoo, wile, wow, carry away*, cast a spell on, delectate, ensorcell, knock dead, make a hit with, make happy, spellbind, sweep off feet
Antonyms:	bother, disgust, repel, repulse, disenchant

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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:	excitement
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	enthusiasm; incitement
Synonyms:	action, activity, ado, adventure, agitation, animation, bother, buzz, commotion, confusion, disturbance, dither, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, ferment, fever, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurry, hysteria, impulse, instigation, intoxication, motivation, motive, movement, passion, perturbation, provocation, rage, stimulation, stimulus, stir, thrill, titillation, to-do, trepidation, tumult, turmoil, urge, warmth, discomposure, excitation, kicks, melodrama, wildness
Antonyms:	apathy, boredom, calm, calmness, dullness, lull, peace

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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:	galvanize
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	inspire, stimulate
Synonyms:	animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, electrify, energize, excite, fire, frighten, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, wake, zap, commove, innervate, vitalize
Antonyms:	depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard

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Main Entry:	glow
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	burn, radiate
Synonyms:	blare, blaze, blush, brighten, color, crimson, fill, flame, flare, flush, gleam, glimmer, glisten, glitter, ignite, kindle, light, mantle, pink, redden, rose, rouge, shine, smolder, thrill, tingle, twinkle, be suffused, pinken

Main Entry:	gratification
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	satisfaction
Synonyms:	delight, enjoyment, fruition, fulfillment, glee, hit, indulgence, joy, luxury, pleasure, recompense, relish, reward, thrill, kicks, regalement, sure shock
Antonyms:	disappointment, dissatisfaction, upset

Main Entry:	gratify
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	give pleasure; satisfy
Synonyms:	appease, arride, baby, cater to, coddle, content, delectate, delight, do one proud, do the trick, enchant, favor, fill the bill, fulfill, get one's kicks, gladden, hit the spot*, humor, indulge, make a hit, make happy, oblige, pamper, please, recompense, requite, thrill
Antonyms:	annoy, disappoint, disturb, frustrate, offend, pain, upset

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Main Entry:	hoopla
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	excitement
Synonyms:	action, activity, brouhaha, bustle, buzz, commotion, drama, elation, emotion, feeling, fever, fireworks, flurry, frenzy, furor, fuss, heat, hubbub, hullabaloo*, hysteria, passion, racket, rage, ruckus, rumpus, stir, thrill, excitation

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Main Entry:	quiver
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	shake, vibrate
Synonyms:	agitate, beat, convulse, dither, oscillate, palpitate, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, shiver, shudder, thrill, throb, tremble, tremor, twitter, jitter
Antonyms:	be still

Main Entry:	tang
Part of Speech:	noun
Definition:	biting taste or odor
Synonyms:	aroma, bite, flavor, guts, kick, nip, piquancy, reek, relish, savor, scent, smack, smell, thrill, twang, zest, zip, pungency, sapidity, sapor, spiciness, tanginess
Antonyms:	dullness, blandness

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Main Entry:	throb
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	pulsate, beat
Synonyms:	flutter, palpitate, pound, pulse, resonate, thrill, thump, tingle, tremble, twitter, vibrate, pitpat

Main Entry:	tickle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make laugh
Synonyms:	amuse, brush, caress, convulse, delight, divert, enchant, entertain, excite, gratify, itch, pat, pet, please, stimulate, stroke, thrill, tingle, titillate, touch, vellicate