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Verb
▲
To rouse or goad into action or feeling something
provoke
stimulate
excite
inflame
move
encourage
rouse
incite
inspire
agitate
animate
spark
spur
electrify
fire up
goad
instigate
foster
galvaniseUK
galvanizeUS
prompt
stir up
thrill
warm
foment
impassion
pique
please
prod
stir
tease
urge
enliven
excite sexually
inspirit
kindle
quicken
tantaliseUK
tantalizeUS
tickle
whet
whip up
alert
call
challenge
entice
get going
produce
rally
rev up
send
spur on
summon up
turn on
call forth
egg on
fire the enthusiasm of
fire the imagination of
make wild
heat up
work up
light a fire under
more ❯
“Acts of this sort arouse every cultured person and no haziness or lack of clarity can excuse them.”
Verb
▲
To emerge, or cause to emerge, from sleep
awaken
waken
rouse
wake
awake
knock up
bring around
bring to
wake up
resurrect
reanimate
renew
rejuvenate
restore
revive
revitalizeUS
resuscitate
regenerate
refresh
revivify
recharge
rekindle
invigorateUS
renovate
enliven
energizeUS
animate
reawaken
rally
enkindle
galvanizeUS
vitalize
fire
fillip
liven up
trigger
electrify
spike
perk up
activate
jump-start
turn on
juice up
galvaniseUK
jazz up
put new life in
amp up
zip up
ginger up
reinstall
spur
spark
reexperience
promote
accelerate
fuel
fan
inspire
foster
impel
kindle
speed
relive
intensify
support
recall
revisit
recollect
recapture
dynamize
increase
recycle
remember
act as a impetus to
set up
get one going
spur on
steam up
act as a spur to
act as a stimulus to
act as a incentive to
sting
commove
rev up
whip up
build a fire under
gee up
fire up
key up
act as a fillip to
light a fire under
get one started
speed up
work up
refind
replay
summon back
go over
find again
bring to mind
experience again
go through again
dig up
re-activate
live through again
return to
go back to
summon up
discover again
motivate
hearten
excite
nerve
zap
harden
put new heart into
snap up
put new strength in
pick up
put new heart in
more ❯
“After doing so she brushed her teeth, and then attempted to arouse her siblings from sleep.”
Verb
▲
To evoke or awaken (a feeling, emotion, or response)
cause
induce
prompt
evoke
excite
inspire
trigger
engender
fire
generate
kindle
pique
provoke
set off
stir
whet
bring out
call forth
draw forth
enkindle
foster
stir up
bring into being
call into being
spark off
touch off
whip up
sow the seeds of
rouse
stimulate
more ❯
“The book is something of a tour de force in creating sympathy for a character who, properly speaking, ought to arouse feelings of contempt.”
Verb
▲
To emerge, or cause to emerge, from sleep
excite
attract
awake
awaken
please
rouse
stimulate
titillate
wake
waken
arouse sexually
get going
turn on
make someone feel sexy
give someone a thrill
make feel sexually excited
do it for someone
beguile
tantalizeUS
allure
entice
charm
tantaliseUK
seduce
tempt
lure
draw
hook
captivate
fascinate
more ❯
Verb
▲
To receive a particular treatment
find
receive
incur
experience
encounter
welcome
bear
endure
gain
get
acquire
draw
invite
earn
make
be subjected to
bring upon oneself
bring upon yourself
expose oneself to
lay yourself open to
suffer
sustain
provoke
induce
collect
meet with
attract
cause
run up
occasion
have
undergo
go through
more ❯
Verb
▲
To have an emotional effect on
touch
affect
move
stir
influence
impress
strike
impact
impassion
inspire
involve
reach
sway
mark
carry
excite
get
grab
quicken
stimulate
get to
have an impact on
make an impression
strike a chord
touch a chord
tell on
get through to
have an effect on
leave an impression on
make an impression on
impact on
register with
carry weight with
get through
persuade
motivate
impel
capture
convince
draw
spur
urge
bring in
win over
prevail on
seem to
appear to
look to
give the impression to
give the impression of being
more ❯
Verb
▲
To determine or dictate
influence
determine
dictate
affect
decide
guide
inspire
motivate
prompt
bias
control
direct
regulate
sway
win over
channel
form
act upon
argue into
be recognized
bring to bear
carry weight
get at
have an effect on
have a part in
impact on
instigate
prevail
pull strings
rouse
rule
seduce
talk into
train
Verb
▲
To tease, typically in a good-natured way
tease
bait
mock
rib
chaff
rag
ridicule
taunt
goad
guy
josh
needle
razz
deride
satiriseUK
satirizeUS
worry
annoy
bother
laugh at
plague
provoke
rally
wind up
aggravate
badger
pester
pick on
poke fun at
ride
send up
torment
twit
vex
bedevil
be sarcastic about
chiack
fun
hassle
haze
heckle
jeer at
jibe at
jive
joke
kid
make fun of
make jokes about
roast
rot
scoff at
shuck
slang
sledge
gibe
goof on
have on
put on
quiz
rag on
smoke
tantaliseUK
tantalizeUS
titillate
banter
beleaguer
devil
disturb
dog
encourage
excite
gnaw
harass
harry
hector
importune
irritate
laugh
manipulate
nudge
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remember or bring back to mind
recollect
recall
remember
mind
think of
reminisce about
reproduce
hark back to
place
reminisce
awaken
bethink
cite
flash
look back on
recogniseUK
recognizeUS
remind
retain
retrospect
revive
rouse
stir
summon
waken
flash back to
harken back to
hearken back to
summon up
think back to
bethink oneself of
call to mind
flash on
bring to mind
come to one
revive the memory of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cause to become angry
anger
enrage
annoy
incense
infuriate
provoke
gall
irritate
madden
exasperate
vex
displease
pique
rile
aggravate
antagoniseUK
antagonizeUS
inflame
nettle
outrage
irk
excite
offend
ruffle
fret
hassle
miff
peeve
put out
affront
agitate
bug
nark
needle
bristle
drive crazy
drive mad
enflame
gravel
ire
mad
rankle
roil
tick off
burn up
chafe
cross
empurple
goad
grill
acerbate
bait
boil
burn
craze
embitter
exacerbate
rub up the wrong way
steam up
drive up the wall
get at
get someone
tee off
blow up
egg on
get across
get on someone's nerves
get someone's back up
hack off
raise hell
stir up
wind up
get in someone's hair
get someone's dander up
give someone the pip
lose one's temper
make someone's blood boil
make someone see red
make sore
put someone's back up
beset
burden
crush
crucify
deject
weigh down
tax
make anxious
make uneasy
scare
besiege
cast down
haunt
nonplus
smite
panic
blight
lacerate
knock sideways
hang over
puzzle
derange
dash
wring
make sad
lie heavy on
terrorizeUS
rend
cause agony to
terroriseUK
sear
knock the stuffing out of
disorder
make despondent
tire
sap
cause trouble to
press
make uncomfortable
prey on
spoil
pursue
weary
overpower
stab
damage
psych out
put a damper on
pierce
terrify
beat down
tear
mistreat
breathe down someone's neck
maltreat
make gloomy
affright
thwart
touch
scar
consternate
subjugate
weigh heavily on
dampen
ruin
fear
cause anxiety
disorganize
disarrange
sweat
interfere
enervate
cause pain to
beat
chivvy
break one's heart
throw off
weaken
inflict anguish on
wreck
victimizeUS
get down
crab
ill-treat
get someone down
face
weigh
do in
victimiseUK
keep on at
make your heart bleed
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
despair
strike
test
bring down
petrify
suppress
foil
prevent
deter
make fretful
preoccupy
dampen spirits
subdue
dislocate
mutilate
disarray
cause anxiety to
make blue
drag down
bring one down
drain
mangle
suffer
maim
be a burden to
be a burden on
bustle
break the heart of
put into a funk
tyrannizeUS
plunder
depredate
despoil
fleece
devour
let down
importune
pressurizeUS
brutalizeUS
brutaliseUK
muddle
abase
stretch
take over
jumble
mess up
down
devil
pick at
dull
displace
tyrranize
defeat
make self-conscious
prostrate
lay waste
smother
louse up
carp
dominate
force
take pains
foul up
bruise
give someone the blues
tear to pieces
put the wind up someone
cause discomfort to
greatly upset
dement
rummage
throw into a tizzy
put the wind up
hang up
repress
tyranniseUK
be worried
cast a gloom upon
grind down
take control of
hurt one's feelings
overthrow
heavy
bring tears to your eyes
pressuriseUK
exploit
make someone fed up
go on at
treat harshly
be cruel to
attack
hunt
be brutal to
walk all over
ride roughshod over
hurry
cause disquiet to
occupy
grip
tear apart
flutter
excoriate
buffet
visit
take
tangle
assail
unquiet
corner
hustle
convulse
tear at
make restless
pall
unstring
cause to panic
deplore
ferment
constrain
interrupt
cause someone distress
baffle
dun
ventilate
lampoon
hurt deeply
shame
cause concern to
beleague
thrill
be rude to
unbalance
stop
check
block
exhaust
make someone scratch their head
be
lean on
hit hard
deeply upset
intrude
complicate
knock props out
knock for a loop
press down on
disarm
make flip
work someone up
bug up
begrudge
grudge
put pressure on
tear to shreds
be unwell
sweat out
be a great weight on
overcharge
overawe
cast a gloom on
bore
avert
hamper
inhibit
disaccord
jangle
disharmonize
discord
destabilizeUS
inflict trauma
break someone's heart
disorientate
be bothered
chivy
bring pressure to bear on
make downhearted
lower
stifle
demean
whip
martyrize
impale
be indisposed
be crook
cause pain
muss
disengage
uncouple
unfasten
separate
unhitch
disconnect
detach
blast
dang
darn
whelm
overmaster
swamp
straiten
stress out
get even
cramp style
droop
cause to lose heart
disparage
knock the stuffing out of someone
deprecate
scarify
fright
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
uncalm
undermine
buffalo
enfeeble
unrail
obstruct
forestall
overturn
deflect
impede
crash
hinder
vanquish
worst
trump
outwit
dishevel
hash
tousle
rumple
tumble
disjoint
shuffle
scramble
upset the apple cart
be ill
be weak
be sick
feel pain
dishonourUK
discredit
catch
devitalize
diminish
squelch
get the knife into
make things hot for someone
stick the knife into
dragoon
single out
expel
make it hot for someone
exile
jerk around
macerate
noodge
foray
bullyrag
destabiliseUK
mystify
snafu
make demands on
make severe demands on
put a strain on
tire out
get in the way
make awkward
make ashamed
show up
own
fuss over
worry about
exert oneself
hurt the feelings of
have had enough
make fed up
become bored
grate at
lose patience
be wrong with
be in pain
feel unwell
set back
prey on one's mind
dishonorUS
throw into confusion
snow under
humble
deaden
extinguish
curb
quell
put off his or her stride
take the wind out of someone's sails
chasten
put yourself out
make an effort
take the trouble
put oneself out
be concerned about
rifle
havoc
gut
rob
destroy
ravage
spoliate
rape
desecrate
ransack
strip
waste
loot
maraud
pillage
demolish
screw up
fill with consternation
muck up
hit a sour note
throw into uproar
pull the rug out from under
pull the rug from under
throw into disorder
flap
scare silly
scare stiff
make jump
make a fuss about
send over the edge
bear down on
damp down
be the matter with
catch one short
make insane
misplace
scare to death
go to the trouble of
go out of one's way
put in a spot
make a monkey of
put in a hole
nitpick
quibble
cavil
fidget
scare the bejesus out of
cast a pall over
put out of countenance
live off
blackmail
take advantage of
kill
raid
load
extort
feed on
seize
live on
nip in the bud
be agitated
scare the living daylights out of
make someone's hair stand on end
enslave
labour over
drag
darken
damp
hegemonize
master
make a big thing out of
make a big thing of
make a meal of
be in a stew
be in a flap
get worked up
make a mountain out of a molehill
be in a tizzy
get in a stew
make a thing of
run down
reduce to tears
disable
smash
subject
scourge
mar
keep down
soften
melt
overstretch
overtax
pressure
tense
encumber
overload
saddle
bring under the yoke
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
handicap
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
tyrannize over
put screws to
bring someone to their knees
put the squeeze on
trample
despotize
rule
coerce
put upon
bring to heel
deform
make desolate
keep under
tug at the heart
arouse sympathy
arouse pity
tug at someone's heartstrings
disfigure
deface
blemish
endamage
bloody
cripple
vitiate
compromise
flaw
harsh someone's mellow
bear down
domineer
menace
knacker
crool
mangulate
scathe
overbear
threaten
manhandle
cross up
contort
wax
batter
distort
prejudice
total
draw blood
do mischief to
hack up
crunch
overextend
misuse
mishandle
scold
cause to feel emotional strain
overdo
cause to feel mental strain
make tense
tense up
put in traction
push to the limit
put on trial
brood
trespass
make ill
muse
struggle
labourUK
strive
ruminate
contemplate
writhe
speculate
berate
upbraid
push around
kick around
play the heavy with
push about
ill-use
mess over
disagree
feel uneasy
upset oneself
dwell on
be anxious
yowl
yammer
wail
moan
grump
kick
squawk
inveigh
whimper
bleat
growl
murmur
yaup
croak
keen
yawp
whinge
maunder
beef
grouse
holler
mutter
kvetch
peck at
squeal
caterwaul
whine
scream
grouch
repine
bellyache
grizzle
go against the grain
be injurious to
be sickening
be disturbing
make unwell
be distasteful
have an adverse effect on
be injurious
strike down
be unsuitable
cause illness to
cause problems
be in anguish
pore on
wrestle
vacillate
puzzle over
be indecisive
be in agony
stew over
chew over
mull over
go through the mill
carry on
torture yourself
eat heart out
exercise oneself
squirm
lament
torment yourself
sing the blues
laborUS
weigh up
take it badly
wrestle with oneself
wince
be distressed
carp at
keep after
do wrong to
cause harm to
egg
find fault with
bend someone's ear
harp on at
find fault
moan at
moan on at
take it out on
grumble at
keep complaining to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To provide notice of a potential or current danger or risk
alert
warn
caution
notify
advise
forewarn
apprise
inform
alarm
signal
tell
tip
flag
wake
clue in
tip off
put in the picture
put wise
put on the qui vive
draw somebody's attention to
wave flag
put on guard
give the high sign
make aware
let know
prepare
give notice
fill in
brief
familiarizeUS
counsel
exhort
clue up
pass on
commend
give the lowdown
run by
give the latest
keep informed
apprise of
send word of
wake one up to
put you on your guard
wise one up
brace
strengthen
divulge
realizeUS
prewarn
fortify
nudge
say to
premonish
steel
disclose to
express to
state to
reveal to
portend
forbode
telegraph
mention
ready
communicate to
confess to
mention to
proclaim to
caution about
alert about
warn in advance
poise
speak about to
get off your chest
flag up
utter to
mention something to
stress
prod
note
put wise to
tip off about
nerve
pull one's coat
clue in about
realiseUK
signal to
give someone a cue
make you remember
help you remember
hint to
cause someone to remember
refresh your memory
give a cue to
help someone remember
tip someone the wink about
put a bug in one's ear
psych up
give advance notice
enlighten
clear
educate
verse
become aware of
become alert to
become conscious of
become mindful of
become heedful of
report to
leak to
give intelligence
level with
declare to
send word
point out
update about
fill in on
clue in on
keep up to date with
keep someone posted
put on the line
give the word
clue up about
enlighten as to
gen up on
make known
give the low-down
give information about
put wise about
keep up to speed with
give the gen
give the rundown
offer information
summon
guide
order
deprecate
direct
address
suggest
advocate
threaten
prescribe
remonstrate
hint
enjoin
forbid
predict
reprove
give warning
cry wolf
more ❯
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