verb
- Arouse or elicit a feeling.
- synonyms: excite
- Act as a stimulant.
- usage: "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
- Stir feelings in.
- usage: "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions"
- Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused.
- usage: "The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks"
- Stimulate sexually.
- usage: "This movie usually arouses the male audience"
- Stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.
- usage: "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"
- Raise to a higher energy level.
- usage: "excite the atoms"
- Produce a magnetic field in.
- usage: "excite the neurons"
- synonyms: excite
adjective
- Creating or arousing excitement.
- usage: "an exciting account of her trip"
- Stimulating interest and discussion.
- usage: "an exciting novel"
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