Synonyms and related words :
activate, affect the interest, agitate, anger, animate, annoy, arouse, attract, awake, awaken, beat, beat up, begin, blow the coals, blow up, bring about, call forth, call up, cause, churn, churn up, concern, convulse, cultivate, disarrange, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, effect, electrify, elicit, energize, enkindle, enliven, enrage, excite interest, fan, fan the fire, fan the flame, fascinate, feed the fire, ferment, fire, fire up, flame, flurry, fluster, foment, frenzy, fret, galvanize, generate, get going, heat, heat up, hop up, ignite, impassion, incense, incite, inflame, infuriate, initiate, inspire, inspirit, instigate, interest, intrigue, invigorate, invite, involve in, key up, kindle, lather up, light the fuse, light up, madden, make sensitive, motivate, move, nettle, occasion, overexcite, paddle, perturb, perturbate, pique, prime, prod, provoke, put up to, quicken, rally, refine, rile, ripple, roil, roughen, rouse, ruffle, rumple, sensibilize, sensitize, set astir, set fire to, set in motion, set on, set on fire, shake, shake up, sharpen, sic on, spark, spur on, start, steam up, stimulate, stir, stir the blood, stir the embers, stir the feelings, stir up, summon up, swirl, tantalize, thrill, tickle, titillate, touch off, trouble, turn on, upset, urge, wake, wake up, waken, warm, warm the blood, whet, whip, whip up, whisk, wind up, work into, work up