flare up - ignite quickly and suddenly, especially after having died down; "the fire flared up and died down once again"

ignite, light - cause to start burning; subject to fire or great heat; "Great heat can ignite almost any dry matter"; "Light a cigarette"

rekindle - kindle anew, as of a fire

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