create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

touch a chord, strike a chord - evoke a reaction, response, or emotion; "this writer strikes a chord with young women"; "The storyteller touched a chord"

ask for, invite - increase the likelihood of; "ask for trouble"; "invite criticism"

draw - elicit responses, such as objections, criticism, applause, etc.; "The President's comments drew sharp criticism from the Republicans"; "The comedian drew a lot of laughter"

rekindle - arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love"

infatuate - arouse unreasoning love or passion in and cause to behave in an irrational way; "His new car has infatuated him"; "love has infatuated her"

prick - to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"

fire up, stir up, wake, heat, ignite, inflame - arouse or excite feelings and passions; "The ostentatious way of living of the rich ignites the hatred of the poor"; "The refugees' fate stirred up compassion around the world"; "Wake old feelings of hatred"

stimulate, stir, shake up, shake, excite - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

excite - arouse or elicit a feeling

anger - make angry; "The news angered him"

discomfit, discompose, untune, upset, disconcert - cause to lose one's composure

shame - cause to be ashamed

spite, wound, bruise, injure, offend, hurt - hurt the feelings of; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised me ego"

overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of

change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"

anathemise, anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, damn, imprecate, maledict, curse - wish harm upon; invoke evil upon; "The bad witch cursed the child"

bless - give a benediction to; "The dying man blessed his son"

create, make - make or cause to be or to become; "make a mess in one's office"; "create a furor"

call forth, evoke, kick up, provoke - call forth; "Her behavior provoked a quarrel between the couple"

affect - act physically on; have an effect upon

cathect - inject with libidinal energy

reanimate, recreate, revivify, vivify, revive, renovate, animate, quicken, repair - give new life or energy to; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health"

reinvigorate, invigorate - impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; "Exercise is invigorating"

liven, liven up, enliven, invigorate, animate - make lively; "let's liven up this room a bit"

reawaken - awaken once again

bring to, bring back, bring round, bring around - bring back to consciousness; "These pictures bring back sad memories"

call - rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning"

alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"

move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

stimulate, stir, shake up, shake, excite - stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country"

tempt - try to seduce