excite

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: excite

1	v	act as a stimulant
2	v	raise to a higher energy level

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: excite

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; invigorate, quicken
give life or energy to; 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; pinch, vellicate
irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear

Type of:: affect, bear on, bear upon, impact, touch, touch on
have an effect upon

Antonyms:: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize
make calm or still

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; hype up, psych up
get excited or stimulated; bother
make nervous or agitated; pother
make upset or troubled; electrify
excite suddenly and intensely

Types:: enthuse
cause to feel enthusiasm; bring down
cause to be enthusiastic

Type of:: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

“excite the audience”

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; fuck off, jack off, jerk off, masturbate, she-bop, wank
get sexual gratification through self-stimulation; masturbate
stimulate sexually; horripilate
cause (someone's) hair to stand on end and to have goosebumps; work
provoke or excite; blow, fellate, go down on, suck
provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation; thrill
cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input; quicken, whet
make keen or more acute; disgust, gross out, repel, revolt
fill with distaste; scarf
masturbate while strangling oneself; nauseate, sicken, turn one's stomach
upset and make nauseated

Types:: show 20 types...; hide 20 types...; fuel
stimulate; arouse, sex, turn on, wind up
stimulate sexually; affright, fright, frighten, scare
cause fear in; thrill, tickle, vibrate
feel sudden intense sensation or emotion; invite, tempt
give rise to a desire by being attractive or inviting; elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism; animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate
heighten or intensify; titillate
excite pleasurably or erotically; bluff
frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is; awe
inspire awe in; terrify, terrorise, terrorize
fill with terror; frighten greatly; intimidate
make timid or fearful; alarm, appal, appall, dismay, horrify
fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; consternate
fill with anxiety, dread, dismay, or confusion; tempt
try to seduce; beatify
make blessedly happy; puff
make proud or conceited; beatify, exalt, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
fill with sublime emotion; encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to; spook
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action

Type of:: arouse, elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise
call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)

Type of:: shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of

“excite the atoms”

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

“excite the neurons”

Type of:: alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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