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stimulate - cause to be alert and energetic; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
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arouse,
brace,
energize,
energise |
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de-energise,
de-energize deprive of energy
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de-energise,
de-energize deprive of energy
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sedate,
tranquilize,
tranquillise,
tranquillize,
calm cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to; "The patient must be sedated before the operation"
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affect act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
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cathect inject with libidinal energy
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reanimate,
revivify,
vivify,
renovate,
animate,
recreate,
quicken,
repair,
revive make more striking or animated; "his remarks always vivify an otherwise dull story"
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reinvigorate,
invigorate impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"
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liven,
liven up,
enliven,
animate,
invigorate make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
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stimulate - stir feelings in; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" |
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excite,
stir |
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sensitise,
sensitize make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
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jack off,
jerk off,
she-bop,
wank,
masturbate,
fuck off get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
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masturbate get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
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horripilate cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; "Hitchcock movies horripilate me"
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work arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion; "The stitches of the hem worked loose after she wore the skirt many times"
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fellate,
go down on,
suck,
blow provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation
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thrill feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
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whet,
quicken sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
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disgust,
gross out,
revolt,
repel cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of; "The pornographic pictures sickened us"
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stimulate - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
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shake,
excite,
stir |
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enkindle,
elicit,
kindle,
provoke,
evoke,
arouse,
fire,
raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution"
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foment,
stir up,
agitate bathe with warm water or medicated lotions; "His legs should be fomented"
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fuel stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
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sex,
wind up,
arouse,
turn on,
excite tell the sex (of young chickens)
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affright,
fright,
frighten,
scare cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"
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tickle,
thrill,
vibrate touch or stroke lightly; "The grass tickled her calves"
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tempt,
invite try presumptuously; "St. Anthony was tempted in the desert"
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elate,
lift up,
intoxicate,
uplift,
pick up fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
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enliven,
animate,
exalt,
invigorate,
inspire make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"
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titillate excite pleasurably or erotically; "A titillating story appeared in the usually conservative magazine"
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stimulate - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates" |
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excite |
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stifle,
dampen smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
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bear upon,
impact,
bear on,
touch on,
affect,
touch press or wedge together; pack together
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invigorate,
quicken impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"
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innervate stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve"
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irritate excite to an abnormal condition, or chafe or inflame; "Aspirin irritates my stomach"
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