| casus belli(noun, expression, idiom, resentment, stimulus) |
| compulsion(noun, cause, motive) |
| defy(noun, order, disregard, command, opposition) |
| determinant(noun, cause, reason, spur, lure) |
| discomposure(noun, feeling, pleasure, rage, stir) |
| disturbance(noun, pleasure, stir, commotion, enthusiasm) |
| energy(noun, motivation, motive) |
| enragement(noun, irritation, frustration, aggravation) |
| excitant(noun, start, beginning, stimulus, incentive) |
| exhilaration(noun, pleasure, excitement, enthusiasm, encouragement) |
| factor(noun, cause) |
| fascination(fancy, offer, lure, excitation, enticement) |
| fire(noun, drive, desire, reason, interest) |
| force(noun, cause, motive) |
| galvanism(noun, excitation) |
| goading(noun, motive, incitement, needling) |
| grievance(noun, stimulus, incitement, goading, needling) |
| ground(noun, cause, reason, challenge, call) |
| grudge(noun, hurt, temper, anger, resentment) |
| indignity(noun, end, slight, limit, insult) |