excite

Verb

Meaning

To call to activity in any way; to rouse to feeling; to kindle to passionate emotion; to stir up to combined or general activity; as, to excite a person, the spirits, the passions; to excite a mutiny or insurrection; to excite heat by friction.

To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism, or any of its parts.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stimulate rouse provoke shake stir animate awaken incite arouse wind up inflame agitate energize turn on shake up
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Antonyms

calm jade still cow retard pall
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Hypernyms

kindle change fire impact affect raise

Hyponyms

quicken work fuck off fuel sex revolt

Related terms

excitement excitation

Phrases with the word

to excite excite an interest excite a curiosity

Derivatives

excited exciting

Examples

You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul. Gabriela Mistral

If a secret history of books could be written, and the author's private thoughts and meanings noted down alongside of his story, how many insipid volumes would become interesting, and dull tales excite the reader! William Makepeace Thackeray

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy. George Bancroft

Greatness is a spiritual condition worthy to excite love, interest, and admiration; and the outward proof of possessing greatness is that we excite love, interest, and admiration. Matthew Arnold

I'm excited by the band [White Stripes]. It really excites me. But it wouldn't excite me if there weren't those limitations, if we weren't living in that box, if we weren't trapped. Once that goes away, then I'll know that it's not worth doing it any more. Jack White

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

excitator excitatorily excitatory excite a curiosity excite an interest exciteable