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energizing
| Main Entry: |
reinvigorating
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, renewing, restorative, roborant, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | roborant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tonic |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, exhilarant, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, innerving, inspiring, interesting, intoxicating, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, refreshing, reinvigorating, renewing, restorative, rousing, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating |
| Main Entry: | vitalizing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, animating, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, quickening, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating, vivifying |
| Main Entry: | vivifying |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | stimulating |
| Synonyms: | adrenalizing, animating, appealing, arousing, bracing, breathtaking, challenging, electrifying, energizing, enlivening, exhilarating, gripping, hair-raising, hectic, inspiring, interesting, invigorating, lively, moving, provocative, quickening, rousing, spine-tingling, stirring, thought-provoking, thrilling, titillating, vitalizing |
| Main Entry: | activate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | initiate something; start a function |
| Synonyms: | actify, actuate, arouse, call up, energize, impel, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, rouse, set in motion, start, stimulate, stir, switch on, take out of mothballs, trigger, turn on |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
| Antonyms: | arrest, stop |
| Main Entry: | actuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start a function or action, motivate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, cause, drive, egg on, energize, excite, fire up, impel, incite, induce, influence, inspire, instigate, key up, mobilize, motivate, move, prompt, propel, put up to, quicken, rouse, spur, stimulate, turn on, work into lather, work up |
| Notes: | when something is activated, it is made active; when something is actuated, it is moved to take action (or produce a consequence) to actuate is a general word meaning 'to set working' and has more to do with mechanical action - while activate is used mainly in scientific expressions |
| Antonyms: | impede, stop |
| Main Entry: | animate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bring to life |
| Synonyms: | activate, arouse, cheer, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, exalt, excite, fire, gladden, hearten, impel, incite, inform, inspire, inspirit, instigate, invigorate, kindle, liven, make alive, move, quicken, revive, revivify, rouse, spark, spur, stimulate, stir, urge, vitalize, vivify |
| Antonyms: | deaden, discourage, kill |
| Main Entry: | electrify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | thrill, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | amaze, animate, astonish, astound, charge, commove, disturb, dynamize, energize, enthuse, excite, fire, frenzy, galvanize, invigorate, jar, jolt, magnetize, power, provoke, rouse, send, shock, stagger, startle, stir, strike, stun, take one's breath away, wire |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | embolden |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | boost, buoy, cheer, energize, enhearten, exhilarate, give courage, give pep talk, goad, inspire, inspirit, invigorate, psyche up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, revitalize, spur, stir, sway |
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