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| Main Entry: |
galvanize
[gal-vuh-nahyz]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, astonish, awaken, commove, electrify, energize, excite, fire*, frighten, innervate, invigorate, jolt, motivate, move, pique, prime, provoke, quicken, shock, spur, startle, stir, stun, thrill, vitalize, wake, zap |
| Antonyms: | depress, deter, discourage, disparage, dissuade, retard |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | encourage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate spiritually |
| 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, inspirit, instigate, praise, prick, prop up, psych up, push, rally, reassure, refresh, restore, revitalize, revivify, rouse, spur, steel, stir, strengthen, sway |
| Antonyms: | dampen, deject, depress, deter, discourage, dispirit, dissuade, uninspire |
| Main Entry: | enliven |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire, vitalize |
| Synonyms: | animate, brace up, brighten, buck up, buoy, cheer, cheer up, divert, entertain, excite, exhilarate, fire, fire up, galvanize, give a lift, give life to, gladden, hearten, inspirit, invigorate, jazz up, juice up, let sunshine in, pep up, perk up, pick up, put pep into, quicken, recreate, refresh, rejuvenate, renew, restore, rouse, snap out of it, spark, spice, spice up, stimulate, vivificate, vivify, wake up, work up, zap |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull, enervate, exhaust, fatigue, subdue, tire |
| Main Entry: | excite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspire; upset |
| Synonyms: | accelerate, agitate, amaze, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, astound, awaken, bother, chafe, delight, discompose, disturb, electrify, elicit, energize, evoke, feed the fire, fire, fluster, foment, galvanize, goad, incite, induce, inflame, infuriate, instigate, intensify, irritate, jar, jolt, kindle, madden, mock, move, offend, precipitate, provoke, quicken, rouse, start, stimulate, stir up, taunt, tease, thrill, titillate, touch off, vex, wake up, waken, warm, whet, work up, worry |
| Antonyms: | bore, calm, compose, deaden, lull, moderate, pacify, quiet, repress, tranquilize |
| Main Entry: | fire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | excite, arouse |
| Synonyms: | animate, electrify, enliven, enthuse, exalt, galvanize, heighten, impassion, incite, inflame, inform, inspire, inspirit, intensify, intoxicate, irritate, provoke, quicken, rouse, stir, thrill |
| Antonyms: | bore, dull |
| Main Entry: | flurry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | agitate, confuse |
| Synonyms: | bewilder, bother, bustle, discombobulate, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, distract, disturb, excite, fluster, flutter, frustrate, fuss, galvanize, hassle, hurry, hustle, perplex, perturb, provoke, quicken, rattle, ruffle, stimulate, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, quiet |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | influence |
| Synonyms: | affect, arouse, awe, be conspicuous, blow away, buffalo, bulldoze, carry, electrify, enforce, enthuse, excite, faze, galvanize, get*, grab, grandstand, inspire, kill*, knock out, make a hit, make an impression, make splash, move, overawe, pique, provoke, push around, register, score, show off, slay, stimulate, stir, strike, sway, thrill, touch* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inspire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, stimulate |
| Synonyms: | affect, animate, arouse, be responsible for, carry, cause, commove, elate, embolden, endue, enkindle, enliven, exalt, excite, exhilarate, fire up, galvanize, get*, give impetus, give one an idea, give rise to, hearten, imbue, impress, infect, inflame, influence, inform, infuse, inspirit, instill, invigorate, motivate, occasion, produce, provoke, quicken, reassure, set up, spark, spur, start off, stir, strike, sway, touch, trigger, urge, work up |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | invigorate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stimulate |
| Synonyms: | activate, animate, brace, buck up, energize, enliven, excite, exhilarate, fortify, freshen, galvanize, harden, inspirit, liven up, nerve, pep up, perk up, pick up, quicken, rally, refresh, reinforce, rejuvenate, renew, restore, revitalize, rouse, snap up, stir, strengthen, trigger, turn on, vitalize, vivify, zap |
| Antonyms: | bore, depress, dishearten, dull, enervate |
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