6
urge(noun, feeling, start, pleasure, passion)
5
bothering(noun, act, pain, feelings, annoyance)
5
drive(noun, cause, desire, reason, interest)
5
enticement(noun, fancy, reason, call, request)
5
fomentation(noun, motive)
5
influence(noun, cause, excitement, reason, spur)
5
invitation(noun, charge, cause, fancy, boost)
5
motivator(noun, cause, spur, incentive, motive)
5
resentment(noun, temper, anger, irritation, annoyance)
4
animation(noun, feeling, pleasure, passion, rage)
4
basis(noun, cause, reason, ground)
4
excitation(noun, activity, feeling, pleasure, passion)
4
exhortation(noun, reason, spur, lure, stimulus)
4
fillip(noun, charge, cause, boost, spur)
4
fuel(noun, energy)
4
impetus(noun, charge, drive, cause, desire)
4
impulsion(noun, drive, desire, reason, interest)
4
inflammation(noun, aggravation)
4
prod(noun, motivation)
4
provoking(noun, annoyance, stimulus, nuisance, incitement)
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