Stimulate and Upset

Stimulate

Stimulate verb - To rouse to strong feeling or action.
Usage example: the government crackdown has only stimulated the citizenry to more acts of violence

Upset and stimulate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Upset" instead a verb "Stimulate".

Upset

Upset verb - To trouble the mind of; to make uneasy.

Stimulate and upset are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Stimulate" instead a verb "Upset".

Nearby Word: upsetting

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

people stimulate people upset people
interest stimulate interest upset interest
relationship stimulate relationship upset relationship
system stimulate system upset system
Other words: number.
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