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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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calm,
sedate,
tranquilize,
tranquillise,
tranquillize become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation; "After the fight both men need to cool off."; "It took a while after the baby was born for things to settle down again."
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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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animate,
quicken,
reanimate,
recreate,
renovate,
repair,
revive,
revivify,
vivify give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
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invigorate,
reinvigorate impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"
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animate,
enliven,
invigorate,
liven,
liven up give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
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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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fuck off,
jack off,
jerk off,
masturbate,
she-bop,
wank 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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blow,
fellate,
go down on,
suck exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
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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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quicken,
whet show signs of life; "the fetus quickened"
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disgust,
gross out,
repel,
revolt 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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arouse,
elicit,
enkindle,
evoke,
fire,
kindle,
provoke,
raise call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
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agitate,
foment,
stir up change the arrangement or position of
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fuel stimulate; "fuel the debate on creationism"
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arouse,
excite,
sex,
turn on,
wind up call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses); "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy"
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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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thrill,
tickle,
vibrate feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; "he was thrilled by the speed and the roar of the engine"
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invite,
tempt ask someone in a friendly way to do something
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elate,
intoxicate,
lift up,
pick up,
uplift fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; "Music can uplift your spirits"
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animate,
enliven,
exalt,
inspire,
invigorate give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"
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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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dampen,
stifle lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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affect,
bear on,
bear upon,
impact,
touch,
touch on act physically on; have an effect upon; "the medicine affects my heart rate"
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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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