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Adjective

Causing or eliciting a strong reaction (in someone)

Noun

Something that arouses activity or energy in someone or something

Verb

To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

(rare) Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone

Present participle for to wound the pride of

Present participle for to pierce or make a hole (or holes) in

Present participle for to cause damage to

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Adjective

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Causing or eliciting a strong reaction (in someone)

energizing^US

galvanizing^US

galvanising^UK

energising^UK

giving one food for thought

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“His verbal recreations of camp life, and of characters he'd met, had us all laughing and asking piquing questions by turns.”

Noun

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Something that arouses activity or energy in someone or something

straw that stirs the drink

fuelling^UK

fueling^US

intellectual nourishment

stimulating substance

succor^US

succour^UK

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Verb

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To be irritating or upsetting, typically with repeated or unpleasant acts

bedeviling^US

bedevilling^UK

rubbing up the wrong way

driving to distraction

getting someone's goat

getting under your skin

getting up your nose

giving someone grief

giving someone the hump

hacking off

making your blood boil

driving round the bend

driving round the twist

getting someone's dander up

getting your back up

hacking you off

heating up

making someone see red

getting on your nerves

giving someone the pip

putting your back up

hitting where one lives

rubbing the wrong way

hurting

getting on one's nerves

making somebody's hackles rise

putting someone's nose out of joint

ruffling one's feathers

getting your dander up

causing offense

getting up someone's nose

getting across someone

getting your hackles up

driving bananas

setting one's teeth on edge

rubbing you up the wrong way

driving you up the wall

hurting somebody's feelings

umbraging

rattling someone's cage

jangling

sticking in one's craw

hacking

acerbating

scandalising^UK

getting a rise out of

trying the patience of

pushing someon's buttons

souring

running up the wrong way

testing

causing annoyance to

causing resentment to

making an enemy of somebody

taking a rise out of

starting

setting on

getting on the wrong side of

agonizing^US

victimizing^US

terrorizing^US

upsetting the applecart

driving you to distraction

making somebody's blood boil

driving you out of your mind

driving you round the bend

shattering

driving you off your head

driving you round the twist

treading on someone's toes

making it hot for someone

terrorising^UK

victimising^UK

sticking the knife into

expelling

making things hot for someone

dragooning

singling out

getting the knife into

abusing

slandering

dumping on

giving the cold shoulder

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

pushing the buttons of

agonising^UK

tantalizing^US

tantalising^UK

breathing down someone's neck

bending someone's ear

putting someone off their stroke

causing someone to lose their composure

tyrannizing^US

tyrannising^UK

discriminating against

putting the squeeze on

taking the piss out of

satirizing^US

bringing pressure to bear on

causing discomfort to

satirising^UK

making someone fed up

riding roughshod over

putting on

causing concern to

plying

keeping complaining to

showing antagonism to

feeling ill will towards

showing ill will towards

bearing a grudge towards

calling names

excoriating

arousing hostility in

giving someone hell

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

niggling at

getting on the nerves of

getting in the hair of

breaking the heart of

belabouring^UK

searching high heaven

making severe demands on

making demands on

putting a strain on

playing cat and mouse

putting through wringer

rubbing salt in wound

bamboozling

baffling

befuddling

causing someone distress

dishonoring^US

jumping on one's case

belaboring^US

doing an injustice to

stepping on the toes of

playing the heavy with

brutalising^UK

brutalizing^US

demonizing^US

having your knife into

demonising^UK

making someone eat humble pie

getting one's comeuppance

taking down a peg

putting to shame

mangling

putting the screws on

bringing pressure to bear

ruling with an iron hand

bringing someone to their knees

ruling with a rod of iron

bringing under the yoke

causing to feel mental strain

causing to feel emotional strain

busting someone's balls

taking it out on

egging

making desolate

taking the heart out of

pulling someone's leg

swipeing at

flirting with

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“He had often been mock-combative with my lovingly mischievous attempts to pique him with questions about life, the universe, and everything.”

Verb

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To be triggering a passionate feeling or reaction

galvanizing^US

energising^UK

energizing^US

galvanising^UK

lighting a fire under

fueling^US

firing with enthusiasm

firing the imagination of

acting as a stimulus to

acting as an incentive to

firing the enthusiasm of

fanning the flames of

giving a shot in the arm

giving someone a kick

getting someone going

creating

resuscitating

informing

building a fire under

raising the morale of

giving a shot in the arm to

giving hope to

stimulating spiritually

lifting the spirits of

stiffening the resolve of

effecting

effectuating

catalyzing^US

catalysing^UK

realizing^US

mobilizing^US

starting the ball rolling

realising^UK

mobilising^UK

organizing^US

favouring^UK

favoring^US

getting things rolling

organising^UK

being responsible for

having as a consequence

equaling^US

equalling^UK

breathing new life into

giving a buzz

nourishing

powering

adding fuel to the flames

biasing^US

biassing^UK

acting as a incentive to

giving the incentive to

whetting one's appetite

bringing off

causing to happen

contriving

being partly responsible for

leaving the door open to

laying the foundations of

laying the first stone of

getting in operation

getting off the ground

getting the ball rolling

getting something functioning

getting under way

getting something working

setting the ball rolling

putting on cloud nine

putting on top of the world

giving a lift to

letting the sun shine in

succouring^UK

coming into existence

succoring^US

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Verb

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(rare) Instigating the curiosity or attention of someone

tantalizing^US

mesmerising^UK

mesmerizing^US

tantalising^UK

floating someone's boat

lighting someone's fire

occupying

preoccupying

sitting up

tickling someone's fancy

magnetizing^US

hypnotizing^US

magnetising^UK

hypnotising^UK

arousing curiosity

gratifying

satisfying

putting under a spell

concerning

holding in awe

arousing the curiosity of

holding your attention

whetting one's appetite

catching your eye

engaging one's attention

humoring^US

holding the attention of

humouring^UK

taking your breath away

whetting the appetite of

making happy

sweeping someone off their feet

bedevilling^UK

bedeviling^US

plaguing

tricking

quickening

giving someone a thrill

sending into raptures

making your mouth water

giving someone a kick

getting someone going

blinding

subjecting

having an impact on

grabbing the attention of

keeping amused

sending into transports

turning one's head

agitating

giving joy to

giving great pleasure to

giving someone a charge

tickling the fancy of

galvanizing^US

getting one's jollies

absorbing yourself in

throwing yourself into

losing oneself in

getting lost in

owning

getting under your skin

turning someone's head

exerting influence on

exerting a pull on

giving the come-on to

switching on

pumping up

galvanising^UK

putting under magic spell

forspeaking

putting the whammy on

leading up garden path

rooting

paralyzing^US

paralysing^UK

riveting the attention of

having a get-together

keeping someone hanging on

dangling a carrot in front of

flirting with

keeping hanging

sweeping you off your feet

giving someone pleasure

getting one's kicks

cheering up

making someone feel good

bucking up

warming the cockles of the heart

winning the affection of

becoming an obsession with

taking control of

taking over

having a hold on

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Verb

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Present participle for to wound the pride of

Verb

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Present participle for to pierce or make a hole (or holes) in

Verb

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Present participle for to cause damage to

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