excite

1. Arouse or elicit a feeling (synset 201776881)
   is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   subtypes: enthuse - cause to feel enthusiasm
2. Act as a stimulant (synset 200504245)
   "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
   is a type of: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on - have an effect upon
   subtypes:

   • invigorate, quicken - give life or energy to
   • innervate - stimulate to action
   • irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus
   same as: stimulate
3. Stir feelings in (synset 202120601)
   "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
   is a type of: sensitise, sensitize - cause to sense; make sensitive
   subtypes:

   • fuck off, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop, wank - get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
   • masturbate - stimulate sexually
   • horripilate - cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps
   • work - provoke or excite
   • blow, fellate, go down on, suck - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
   • thrill - cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input
   • quicken, whet - make keen or more acute
   • disgust, gross out, repel, revolt - fill with distaste
   same as: stimulate, stir
4. Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused (synset 201766380)
   "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
   is a type of: disturb, trouble, upset - move deeply
   subtypes:

   • hype up, psych up - get excited or stimulated
   • bother - make nervous or agitated
   • pother - make upset or troubled
   • electrify - excite suddenly and intensely
   same as: agitate, charge, charge up, commove, rouse, turn on
5. Stimulate sexually (synset 201766135)
   "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
   is a type of: excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
   subtypes: tempt - try to seduce
   same as: arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
6. Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of (synset 201765558)
   "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
   is a type of: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise - call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
   subtypes:

   • fuel - stimulate
   • arouse, excite, sex, turn on, wind up - stimulate sexually
   • affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in
   • thrill, tickle, vibrate - feel sudden intense sensation or emotion
   • invite, tempt - give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting
   • elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift - fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
   • animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate - heighten or intensify
   • titillate - excite pleasurably or erotically
   same as: shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
7. Raise to a higher energy level (synset 200560179)
   "excite the atoms"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
   same as: energise, energize
8. Produce a magnetic field in (synset 200560040)
   "excite the neurons"
   is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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