| Main Entry: | thrill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden excitement |
Synonyms: |
adventure, bang*, blast, charge*, circus, fireworks, flash*, flush*, fun, good feeling, inspiration, kicks, lift*, pleasure, refreshment, response, sensation, stimulation, tingle*, titillation, turn-on, twitter*, upper, wallop |
Antonyms: |
calm, depression |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | arouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, entice |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alert, animate, awaken, call, challenge, electrify, enliven, fire up, foment, foster, goad, heat up, incite, inflame, instigate, kindle, move, provoke, rally, rouse, send, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, thrill, turn on, wake up, waken, warm, whet, whip up, work up |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, lull, quiet |
| Main Entry: | beat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throb |
Synonyms: |
agitate, alternate, bob, bounce, buffet, flap, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, heave, jerk, jounce, oscillate, palpitate, pitch, pound, pulsate, pulse, quake, quaver, quiver, ripple, shake, shiver, swing, thrill, throb, thump, tremble, twitch, undulate, vibrate, writhe |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please |
Synonyms: |
appease, bewitch, captivate, charm, delight, enrapture, gladden, gratify, humor, indulge, make happy, mollify, placate, reconcile, satisfy, suffice, thrill, tickle |
Antonyms: |
anger, displease, disturb, upset |
| Main Entry: | delight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make happy; experience happiness |
Synonyms: |
allure, amuse, arride, attract, be the ticket, charm, cheer, content, delectate, divert, enchant, enrapture, entertain, exult, fascinate, freak out, gladden, glory, go over big, gratify, groove*, hit the spot, jubilate, knock dead, knock out, please, pleasure, ravish, rejoice, satisfy, score, send, slay, thrill, tickle pink, tickle to death, turn on, wow |
Antonyms: |
depress, disappoint, dismay, distress, pain, trouble |
| Main Entry: | emotion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental state |
Synonyms: |
affect, affection, affectivity, agitation, anger, ardor, commotion, concern, desire, despair, despondency, disturbance, drive, ecstasy, elation, empathy, excitability, excitement, feeling, fervor, grief, gut reaction, happiness, inspiration, joy, love, melancholy, passion, perturbation, pride, rage, remorse, responsiveness, sadness, satisfaction, sensation, sensibility, sensitiveness, sentiment, shame, sorrow, sympathy, thrill, tremor, vehemence, vibes, warmth, zeal |
Antonyms: |
physicality |
| Main Entry: | enchant |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delight, mesmerize |
Synonyms: |
allure, beguile, bewitch, captivate, carry away, cast a spell on, charm, delectate, draw, enamor, enrapture, ensorcell, enthrall, entice, entrance, fascinate, grab, gratify, hex, hypnotize, kill*, knock dead, magnetize, make a hit with, make happy, please, send*, slay, spell, spellbind, sweep off feet, take, thrill, turn on, voodoo, wile, wow* |
Antonyms: |
bother, disenchant, disgust, repel, repulse |
| Main Entry: | enjoyment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delight in something |
Synonyms: |
amusement, delectation, diversion, enjoying, entertainment, fruition, fun, gladness, gratification, gusto, happiness, hedonism, indulgence, joy, loving, luxury, pleasure, recreation, rejoicing, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, savor, self-indulgence, sensuality, thrill, triumph, zest |
Antonyms: |
displeasure, dissatisfaction, misery, sorrow, unhappiness, woe |
| 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, feed the fire, 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, stir up, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, touch off, vex, wake up, waken, warm, whet, work up, worry |
Antonyms: |
bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |