| VERB | emotion | excite | arouse or elicit a feeling |
|---|---|---|---|
| change | excite, stimulate | act as a stimulant | |
| perception | excite, stimulate, stir | stir feelings in | |
| emotion | excite, agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, charge up | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | |
| emotion | excite, arouse, sex, turn on, wind up | stimulate sexually | |
| emotion | excite, stimulate, shake, shake up, stir | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of | |
| change | excite, energize, energise | raise to a higher energy level | |
| change | excite | produce a magnetic field in |
| Sounds | ihksay't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | acolyte ... write: 181 rhymes with ayt... | |
| Meaning | Arouse or elicit a feeling. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Narrower | enthuse | Cause to feel enthusiasm |
| Broader | arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke | Call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) |
| Spanish | emocionar, entusiasmar, excitar | |
| Catalan | animar, emocionar, entusiasmar, excitar | |
| Nouns | excitement | the feeling of lively and cheerful joy |
| excitement, excitation | the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up | |
| Meaning | act as a stimulant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonym | stimulate | |
| Narrower | innervate | stimulate to action |
| irritate | excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus | |
| quicken, invigorate | Give life or energy to | |
| Broader | affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch | Have an effect upon |
| Opposite | stifle, dampen | smother or suppress |
| Spanish | estimular, excitar | |
| Adjectives | excitant, excitatory | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate |
| Nouns | excitation, excitement | something that agitates and arouses |
| Meaning | Stir feelings in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "excite the audience" | |
| Synonyms | stimulate, stir | |
| Narrower | disgust, gross out, revolt, repel | Fill with distaste |
| fellate, suck, blow, go down on | Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation | |
| horripilate | Cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps | |
| masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off, jerk off | Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation | |
| masturbate | stimulate sexually | |
| thrill | Cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input | |
| whet, quicken | make keen or more acute | |
| work | Provoke or excite | |
| Broader | sensitize, sensitise | Cause to sense |
| Spanish | causar, emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar, revolver | |
| Catalan | emocionar, estimular, excitar, incentivar | |
| Adjectives | excitant | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate |
| Nouns | excitement, excitation | the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up |
| Meaning | Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The bad news will excite him; The good news will excite her | |
| Synonyms | agitate, rouse, turn on, charge, commove, charge up | |
| Narrower | bother | make nervous or agitated |
| electrify | excite suddenly and intensely | |
| hype up, psych up | Get excited or stimulated | |
| pother | make upset or troubled | |
| Broader | disturb, upset, trouble | Move deeply |
| Opposite | calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still | make calm or still |
| Spanish | agitar, emocionar, excitar, revolver | |
| Catalan | emocionar, excitar, regirar | |
| Adjectives | excitant | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate |
| Nouns | excitement | something that agitates and arouses |
| Meaning | stimulate sexually. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | The performance is likely to excite Sue | |
| Synonyms | arouse, sex, turn on, wind up | |
| Entailed by | tease | To arouse hope, desire, or curiosity without satisfying them |
| Narrower | tempt | try to seduce |
| Broader | stimulate, shake, shake up, excite, stir | Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of |
| Spanish | calentar, despertar, determinar el sexo, emocionar, encender, excitarse, excitar, prender, suscitar | |
| Catalan | animar, deixondir, despertar, emocionar, excitar, suscitar | |
| Meaning | Raise to a higher energy level. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "excite the atoms" | |
| Synonyms | energize, energise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Adjectives | excitatory | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate |
| Meaning | produce a magnetic field in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "excite the neurons" | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Nouns | excitation | the neural or electrical arousal of an organ or muscle or gland |
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