Synonyms and antonyms of To have an effect on someone's emotions or attitudes in British Thesaurus

influence (verb)

to affect the way that someone thinks or behaves, or to affect the way that something happens

decide (verb)

to influence someone so that they make a particular choice

lead to ()

to make someone think something

grip (verb)

to have a strong effect on someone

stir (verb)

to make someone think about something

skew (verb)

to have a strong effect on someone’s opinion, ideas, or judgment

give (verb)

to make someone feel or experience something

catch (verb)

to have a sudden effect on something such as someone’s attention or imagination

pack a punch ()

to have a strong effect

put off ()

to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something

alienate (verb)

to make someone dislike you, or not want to help or support you

banish (verb)

to make someone stop thinking about something or stop having particular feelings

bias (verb)

to make something have a special interest or tendency, often in an unfair way

blind (verb)

to prevent someone from realizing or admitting the truth about something

catch up with ()

to begin to have an effect on someone

colour (verb)

to affect someone’s decision or opinion about something

concentrate the/someone’s mind ()

to make someone think clearly about what is important

convince (verb)

to make someone believe that something is true

cut someone down to size ()

to make someone accept that they are not as important or impressive as they believe they are

desensitise ()

a British spelling of desensitize

desensitize (verb)

to make someone react less strongly to something such as violence or pain, often by making them experience it many times

deter (verb)

to make someone decide not to do something

drive (verb)

to make someone determined to do something

drive away ()

to make someone stop wanting something or stop wanting to be with someone

dull (verb)

to make someone’s mind slower or less able to understand, think, hear etc

dull (verb)

to make a feeling weaker

engulf (verb)

if something bad or unpleasant engulfs people, it affects them seriously

ennoble (verb)

if an experience or event ennobles a person or their mind, it gives them a better character or nature

feed (verb)

to make a feeling stronger

freak (verb)

informal to become or make you become so angry, surprised, excited, or frightened that you cannot control yourself

gain/get someone’s confidence ()

to make someone feel that they can trust you

get someone started (informal)

informal to do or say something that makes someone talk for a long time about something

give someone pause (for thought) ()

to make someone think carefully about something

harden (verb)

mainly literary to make someone become less affected or upset by unpleasant things so that they show less kindness or sympathy to other people

have (verb)

used for saying that something happens in an area, group, organization etc that affects people there

have/hold someone in thrall (literary)

literary to control someone completely, or to have all of their attention

hit/strike home ()

if something that you say hits or strikes home, people understand it and accept it

inform (verb)

formal to influence something such as an opinion, attitude, or style

inspire (verb)

to give someone the idea for a piece of work

invigorate (verb)

to give someone more energy

keep someone on their toes ()

to make someone concentrate so that they are ready to deal with anything that might happen

knock out ()

to make someone lose a quality

lance (verb)

British to affect someone strongly and immediately

make your presence felt ()

to have a powerful effect or influence on other people or on a situation

melt (verb)

to make someone kinder and more sympathetic

open someone’s mind to something ()

to make someone more willing to consider something

plant (verb)

if you plant an idea in someone’s mind, you introduce it so that they begin to think about it

poison someone’s mind against someone ()

to make someone dislike a particular person

pollute (verb)

to spoil the good character of someone or something

prejudice (verb)

to make someone form an opinion about someone or something before they have enough information

puncture (verb)

to cause a sudden change in the way that someone feels or thinks about something

reflect on ()

to give people a particular opinion of someone or something

reform (verb)

to change your own or someone else’s behaviour, so that it is no longer illegal or harmful

rehabilitate (verb)

to try to make people respect someone or something again

sear (verb)

literary to have a sudden, strong, and unpleasant effect on someone

sensitise ()

a British spelling of sensitize

sensitize (verb)

to make someone notice or understand a situation or problem

shake/rock the foundations of something ()

to bring major changes or cause serious damage to an institution, set of beliefs etc, especially by making people question their basic ideas

smite (verb)

an old word meaning to have a sudden serious effect on someone

stalk (verb)

literary if something unpleasant or dangerous stalks a place, it affects the people there

stand/turn something on its head ()

to make someone think in a completely new way about something

strike/sound a note ()

to create a particular mood by the way that you speak or behave

subvert (verb)

to make someone less loyal or less moral

take/bring someone down a peg (or two) ()

to make someone realize they are not as important as they think they are

talk (verb)

informal to have the power to persuade people

toughen (verb)

to become mentally or physically stronger, or to make someone mentally or physically stronger

transport (verb)

to make you imagine or feel as if you are in a different place or time

turn against ()

to make someone stop liking or supporting someone or something

turn someone’s head ()

to make someone feel more important, intelligent etc than they really are

turn someone’s life/world upside down ()

to change someone’s life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting

warp (verb)

to affect someone in a way that makes them have strange opinions or thoughts