Synonyms for excite
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ik-sahyt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsaɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for excite Other synonyms for the word excite
- accelerate
- arouse
- awaken
- chafe
- discompose
- electrify
- elicit
- evoke
- feed the fire
- fire
- fluster
- foment
- galvanize
- goad
- incite
- induce
- inflame
- infuriate
- instigate
- intensify
- irritate
- jar
- jolt
- kindle
- madden
- mock
- move
- offend
- precipitate
- provoke
- quicken
- rouse
- start
- stimulate
- stir up
- taunt
- tease
- thrill
- titillate
- touch off
- vex
- wake up
- waken
- warm
- whet
- work up
- worry
Définition of excite
Origin :- mid-14c., "to move, stir up, instigate," from Old French esciter (12c.) or directly from Latin excitare "rouse, call out, summon forth, produce," frequentative of exciere "call forth, instigate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + ciere "set in motion, call" (see cite). Of feelings, from late 14c. Of bodily organs or tissues, from 1831. Main modern sense of "emotionally agitate" is first attested 1821.
- verb inspire; upset
- Supposing—— It was cruel to excite and upset her just for that; it made the pain worse.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- He should therefore smile at the futile attempt to excite his jealousy.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- An outlandish appearance, sure to excite observation, is thus avoided.
- Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
- The opinion of numbers is necessary to excite the ambition of individuals.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- There was no reason therefore why our appearance should excite suspicion.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- But thou'd rather drag him about to excite charity—of course.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- So fascinating, so illustrious a lover could not fail to excite the envy of my own sex.
- Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
- That which we cannot excite, it is of no use to know how to govern.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin
- He makes her laugh, and asks for nothing either for himself or for others; he cannot excite jealousy, and he meddles in nothing.
- Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
- And they do not move out of it, lest they excite the envy of their compatriots.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Antonyms for excite
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