arouse or elicit a feeling

act as a stimulant; The book stimulated her imagination; This play stimulates

[ Syn: stimulate ]

stir feelings in; stimulate my appetite; excite the audience; stir emotions

[ Syn: stimulate , stir ]

cause to be agitated, excited, or roused; The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

[ Syn: agitate , rouse , turn on , charge , commove , charge up ]

stimulate sexually; This movie usually arouses the male audience

[ Syn: arouse , sex , turn on , wind up ]

stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; These stories shook the community; the civil war shook the country

[ Syn: stimulate , shake , shake up , stir ]

raise to a higher energy level; excite the atoms

[ Syn: energize , energise ]

produce a magnetic field in; excite the neurons'