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CHARGE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to be agitated, excited, or roused

Example:

The speaker charged up the crowd with his inflammatory remarks

Synonyms:

agitate; charge; charge up; commove; excite; rouse; turn on

Classified under:

Verbs of feeling

Hypernyms (to "charge up" is one way to...):

disturb; trouble; upset (move deeply)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "charge up"):

hype up; psych up (get excited or stimulated)

bother (make nervous or agitated)

pother (make upset or troubled)

electrify (excite suddenly and intensely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

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