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All work up synonyms

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verb work up

  • actuate β€” If a person is actuated by an emotion, that emotion makes them act in a certain way. If something actuates a device, the device starts working.
  • innerving β€” Present participle of innerve.
  • fuddle β€” to muddle or confuse: a jumble of sounds to fuddle the senses.
  • generate β€” to bring into existence; cause to be; produce.
  • energise β€” Alternative form of energize.
  • give the business β€” an occupation, profession, or trade: His business is poultry farming.
  • fan β€” an enthusiastic devotee, follower, or admirer of a sport, pastime, celebrity, etc.: a baseball fan; a great fan of Charlie Chaplin.
  • bestirred β€” to stir up; rouse to action (often used reflexively): She bestirred herself at the first light of morning.
  • overexcite β€” to excite too much.
  • energize β€” Give vitality and enthusiasm to.
  • whip β€” to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
  • innerve β€” to supply with nervous energy; invigorate; animate.
  • innervate β€” to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
  • agitate β€” If people agitate for something, they protest or take part in political activity in order to get it.
  • in flames β€” to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
  • goosed β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • occasion β€” a particular time, especially as marked by certain circumstances or occurrences: They met on three occasions.
  • commoving β€” Present participle of commove.
  • make waves β€” a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
  • heat up β€” the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
  • give rise to β€” to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • develop β€” When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
  • instigate β€” to cause by incitement; foment: to instigate a quarrel.
  • ask for it β€” to put a question to; inquire of: I asked him but he didn't answer.
  • innervated β€” to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
  • arouse β€” If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
  • goose β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
  • jazzed β€” music originating in New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th century and subsequently developing through various increasingly complex styles, generally marked by intricate, propulsive rhythms, polyphonic ensemble playing, improvisatory, virtuosic solos, melodic freedom, and a harmonic idiom ranging from simple diatonicism through chromaticism to atonality.
  • fire up β€” start ignition of
  • bring forth β€” to give birth to
  • inspire β€” to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
  • fluster β€” to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me.
  • get a rise out of β€” to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • intensate β€” (transitive) To intensify.
  • dynamize β€” Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
  • give birth to β€” an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
  • engender β€” Cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition).
  • hatch β€” to mark with lines, especially closely set parallel lines, as for shading in drawing or engraving.
  • enliven β€” Make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing.
  • goad β€” a stick with a pointed or electrically charged end, for driving cattle, oxen, etc.; prod.
  • innervates β€” to communicate nervous energy to; stimulate through nerves.
  • give a hard time β€” a period of difficulties or hardship.
  • get to β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • exasperate β€” Irritate intensely; infuriate.
  • cause β€” a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • brace up β€” to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
  • activize β€” to make active
  • kindle β€” (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
  • fuddled β€” Confused or stupefied, especially as a result of drinking alcohol.
  • got to β€” to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
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