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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | exasperate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, provoke |
| Synonyms: | T-off, aggravate, agitate, anger, annoy, bug*, disturb, drive up the wall, embitter, enrage, exacerbate, excite, gall, get under one's skin, get*, incense, inflame, infuriate, irk, irritate, madden, make waves, needle, nettle, peeve, pique, rankle, rile, roil, rouse, try the patience of, vex, work up |
| Antonyms: | calm, comfort, ease, placate, please, soothe |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | fan |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke |
| Synonyms: | add fuel, agitate, arouse, enkindle, excite, expand, extend, impassion, increase, rouse, stimulate, stir up, whip up, work up |
| Main Entry: | ferment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | split into simpler substances; be agitated |
| Synonyms: | acidify, be violent, boil, brew, bubble, churn, concoct, dissolve, effervesce, evaporate, excite, fester, fizz, foam, foment, froth, heat, incite, inflame, leaven, moil, overflow, provoke, ripen, rise, rouse, seethe, simmer, sour, sparkle, stir up, work |
| 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: | fortify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | encourage, reassure |
| Synonyms: | arouse, brace, buck up, build up, cheer, confirm, embolden, energize, enliven, hearten, invigorate, pour it on, punch up, rally, refresh, reinforce, renew, restore, rouse, stiffen, stir, strengthen, sustain |
| Antonyms: | discourage, dissuade, weaken |
| Main Entry: | freshen |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make like new; revitalize |
| Synonyms: | activate, air, cleanse, enliven, invigorate, purify, refresh, restore, revive, rouse, spruce up, sweeten, titivate, ventilate |
| Antonyms: | overuse |
| Main Entry: | hearten |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | raise someone's spirits |
| Synonyms: | animate, arouse, assure, buck up, buoy, cheer, comfort, console, embolden, encourage, energize, enliven, incite, inspire, inspirit, rally, reassure, revivify, rouse, steel, stimulate, stir, strengthen |
| Antonyms: | bring down, depress, discourage, dishearten |
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