vverb.emotionto stimulate to actionSynset:galvanise galvanize startle
Examples:- the loud noise startled him awake
- galvanized into action
Derivationally Related Form:galvanisergalvanizergalvanizationgalvanisation
Hypernyms:ball over blow out of the water floor shock take aback
Inherited Hypernyms:startleshocksurpriseaffect
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Somebody ---s somebody into V-ing something | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: galvanize) | The bad news will --- him (apply to: galvanize, startle) | The good news will --- her (apply to: galvanize, startle)
vverb.contactcover with zincSynset:galvanise galvanize
Derivationally Related Form:galvanisergalvanizergalvanizationgalvanisation
Hypernyms:coat surface
Inherited Hypernyms:galvanizecoatcover
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something
vverb.bodystimulate (muscles) by administering a shockSynset:galvanise galvanize
Derivationally Related Form:galvanismgalvanizationgalvanisation
Hypernyms:shock
Inherited Hypernyms:galvanizeshocktreat
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
adj satadj.allaffected by emotion as if by electricity; thrillingSynset:electric galvanic galvanizing
Examples:- gave an electric reading of the play
- the new leader had a galvanic effect on morale
Antonyms:unexciting
Inherited Hypernyms:electric
Similar to:exciting