| verb | arouse or elicit a feeling |
| verb | act as a stimulant “The book stimulated her imagination” |
| verb | stir feelings in “stimulate my appetite” |
| verb | cause to be agitated, excited, or roused “The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks” |
| verb | stimulate sexually “This movie usually arouses the male audience” |
| verb | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of “These stories shook the community” |
| verb | raise to a higher energy level “excite the atoms” |
| verb | produce a magnetic field in “excite the neurons” |
| excitement | noun | the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up |
| excitation | noun | the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up |
| stimulative | adjective | capable of arousing or accelerating physiological or psychological activity or response by a chemical agent |
| stimulant | adjective | that stimulates |
| stimulus | noun | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action |
| stimulant | noun | any stimulating information or event; acts to arouse action |
| excitatory | adjective | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate |
| excitant | adjective | (of drugs e.g.) able to excite or stimulate |
| stir | noun | emotional agitation and excitement |
| agitative | adjective | causing or tending to cause anger or resentment |
| rousing | noun | the act of arousing |
| turn-on | noun | something causing excitement or stimulating interest |
| charge | noun | the swift release of a store of affective force |
| sex | noun | all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses |
| stirrer | noun | a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble |
| energizer | noun | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people |
| energy | noun | an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing) |
| energizing | noun | the activity of causing to have energy and be active |
| energiser | noun | someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people |