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exhilarated
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start over; refurbish |
| Synonyms: | begin again, brace, breathe new life into, bring up to date, continue, exhilarate, extend, fix up, freshen, gentrify, go over, mend, modernize, overhaul, prolong, reaffirm, reawaken, recommence, recondition, recreate, reestablish, refit, refresh, regenerate, rehabilitate, reinvigorate, rejuvenate, remodel, renovate, reopen, repair, repeat, replace, replenish, restate, restock, restore, resume, resuscitate, retread, revitalize, revive, spruce, stimulate, transform |
| Antonyms: | finish, halt, kill, stop |
| Main Entry: | rouse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate, excite |
| Synonyms: | aggravate, agitate, anger, animate, arouse, ask for it, awaken, bestir, bug*, challenge, craze, deepen, disturb, enhance, enliven, exhilarate, fire up, foment, galvanize, get going, heighten, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, instigate, intensate, intensify, key up, kindle, magnify, make waves, mount, move, needle, pep up, pique, provoke, quicken, rally, redouble, rile, rise, startle, steam up, stir, trigger, urge, vivify, wake, wake up, waken, whet, whip up, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, disenchant, dull |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | satisfy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | please, content |
| Synonyms: | amuse, animate, appease, assuage, befriend, brighten up, captivate, capture, cheer, cloy, comfort, conciliate, delight, do the trick, elate, enliven, entertain, enthrall, exhilarate, fascinate, fill, fill the bill, flatter, get by, gladden, glut, gorge, gratify, hit the spot, humor, indulge, make merry, make the grade, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, quench, rejoice, sate, satiate, score, sell, sell on, slake, suit, surfeit |
| Antonyms: | anger, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, upset |
| Main Entry: | set up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | start |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assemble, back, begin, build, build up, compose, constitute, construct, create, elevate, erect, establish, excite, exhilarate, found, inaugurate, initiate, inspire, install, institute, introduce, launch, make provision for, open, organize, originate, prearrange, prepare, put together, put up, raise, rear, stimulate, strengthen, subsidize, usher in |
| Antonyms: | conclude, end, finish |
| Main Entry: | stimulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, provoke |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, arouse, build a fire under, commove, dynamize, elate, encourage, energize, enliven, exhilarate, fan, fire, fire up, foment, foster, galvanize, get one going, get one started, goad, grab, hook, impel, incite, inflame, innervate, innerve, inspire, instigate, jazz, juice*, key up, motivate, move, perk, pique, prod, prompt, quicken, rouse, send, set up, spark, spirit, spur, steam up, stir up, support, trigger, turn on, urge, vitalize, vivify, wake up, whet, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, depress, discourage |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uplift |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elevate, inspire |
| Synonyms: | boost, brighten, bring up, cheer, elate, excite, exhilarate, improve, lift up, perk up, raise spirits |
| Main Entry: | elate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire |
| Synonyms: | cheer, encourage, exhilarate, gladden |
| Main Entry: | inebriate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intoxicate |
| Synonyms: | exhilarate, make drunk, stimulate |
| Main Entry: | inspirit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage |
| Synonyms: | animate, applaud, boost, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, comfort, console, embolden, energize, enhearten, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, galvanize, give shot in arm, gladden, goad, hearten, incite, inspire, instigate, motivate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push*, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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