Synonyms and antonyms of To make someone feel a particular emotion or strong emotions in British Thesaurus

affect (verb)

to have a strong effect on someone’s emotions

provoke (verb)

to cause a reaction, especially an angry one

inspire (verb)

to give people a particular feeling

invoke (verb)

formal to make someone feel a particular emotion or see a particular image in their minds

awaken (verb)

formal to make someone experience a feeling or emotion

instil (verb)

to make someone have a particular feeling or belief

have (verb)

to make someone have a particular feeling or do something in a particular way

arouse (verb)

to cause an emotion or attitude

touch (verb)

to affect your emotions, especially so that you feel sad or sympathetic

ignite (verb)

formal to start a particular feeling in someone

bore/annoy/scare etc the pants off someone ()

to make someone feel very bored, annoyed, scared etc

bring a tear to someone’s eye ()

to make someone almost cry

cast a spell on/over someone ()

to have a strong emotional effect on someone

churn up ()

to produce strong emotions in someone

do to ()

to affect someone in a way that makes them happy, sad, or excited

engender (verb)

formal to cause a feeling or attitude to exist

excite (verb)

if something excites a feeling or reaction, it makes people feel or react in that way

generate (verb)

to make a lot of people express feelings or opinions about something

give back ()

to allow someone to feel an emotion again that they had stopped feeling

hold (verb)

used for talking about the feelings that something makes you have. For example, if something holds no fear for you, you are not afraid of it

imbue with ()

to fill someone or something with a particular quality or emotion

infect (verb)

to make other people have the feeling or idea that you have

inflame (verb)

literary to make someone’s feelings stronger, especially anger or sexual feelings

kindle (verb)

to start a strong interest or emotion in someone

lash (verb)

to make a person or group react with a strong emotion such as anger or enthusiasm

leave (verb)

to make someone feel a particular emotion or have a particular opinion

overwhelm (verb)

to affect someone’s emotions in a very powerful way

raise (verb)

to make someone have a particular feeling or reaction

rekindle (verb)

to make you start feeling or thinking about something that you have not felt or thought about for a long time

rend (verb)

literary to make someone feel great emotion

resonate (verb)

to produce an emotional effect on someone

restore (verb)

to make someone have a particular feeling again

rouse (verb)

to produce an emotion or feeling in someone

scar someone for life ()

to have a permanent emotional effect on someone

send (verb)

to make someone feel a particular emotion

spread (verb)

to cause a lot of people to have a particular feeling

still (verb)

literary to make an emotion weaker, or make it go away

sting (verb)

to affect someone, often causing them to react in a particular way

stoke (verb)

to make a feeling stronger

strike someone as something ()

to make someone have a particular opinion or feeling

strike/touch a chord (with someone) ()

to produce an emotion such as sympathy in someone

swamp (verb)

to affect someone in a major way, so that they are almost unable to deal with their feelings or with a particular situation

touch someone’s heart ()

to make someone feel sympathy

touch/strike/hit etc a (raw) nerve ()

to say or do something that annoys or hurts someone because they are sensitive about it

tug/pull/tear at someone’s heartstrings ()

to make someone feel a lot of love or sympathy

whip up ()

to encourage strong emotions or behaviour in people

whip up a storm (informal)

informal to cause a strong reaction in other people