excite
1. arouse or elicit a feeling (Freq. 8)
• Derivationally related forms:
excitement, excitation
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
enthuse
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. act as a stimulant (Freq. 4)
- The book stimulated her imagination
- This play stimulates
• Syn:
stimulate
• Ant:
stifle (for: stimulate)
• Derivationally related forms:
excitatory, excitant, excitement, excitation, stimulative (for: stimulate), stimulant (for: stimulate), stimulus (for: stimulate)
• Hypernyms:
affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
• Hyponyms:
quicken, invigorate, innervate, irritate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. stir feelings in
- stimulate my appetite
- excite the audience
- stir emotions
• Syn:
stimulate, stir
• Derivationally related forms:
stir (for: stir), excitant, excitement, excitation, stimulative (for: stimulate), stimulant (for: stimulate), stimulus (for: stimulate)
• Hypernyms:
sensitize, sensitise
• Hyponyms:
masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off,
jerk off, horripilate, work, fellate, suck, blow,
go down on, thrill, whet, quicken, disgust, gross out,
revolt, repel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. 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
• Ant:
calm (for: agitate)
• Derivationally related forms:
excitant, excitement, charge (for: charge), turn-on (for: turn on), rousing (for: rouse), agitative (for: agitate)
• Hypernyms:
disturb, upset, trouble
• Hyponyms:
hype up, psych up, bother, pother, electrify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will excite him
- The good news will excite her
5. stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
- These stories shook the community
- the civil war shook the country
• Syn:
stimulate, shake, shake up, stir
• See Also:
stir up (for: stir)
• Derivationally related forms:
stir (for: stir), stirrer (for: stir), excitement, excitation
• Hypernyms:
arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke,
fire, raise, provoke
• Hyponyms:
fuel, arouse, sex, turn on, wind up,
frighten, fright, scare, affright, thrill, tickle,
vibrate, tempt, invite, elate, lift up, uplift,
pick up, intoxicate, inspire, animate, invigorate, enliven,
exalt, titillate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- The performance is likely to excite Sue
6. raise to a higher energy level
- excite the atoms
• Syn:
energize, energise
• Derivationally related forms:
energiser (for: energise), energizer (for: energize), energy (for: energize), energizing (for: energize), excitatory
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
7. stimulate sexually
- This movie usually arouses the male audience
• Syn:
arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
• Derivationally related forms:
turn-on (for: turn on), sex (for: sex)
• Hypernyms:
stimulate, shake, shake up, stir
• Hyponyms:
tempt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to excite Sue
8. produce a magnetic field in
- excite the neurons
• Derivationally related forms:
excitation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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